Ever since its inception in 1971, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has had numerous obstacles to overcome in developing and strengthening cooperation across the world’s largest ocean. These include the yawning physical distances between many Pacific nations, which traditionally posed unique communication challenges and the need to juggle the diplomatic interests of several outside actors, […]
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Semiconductor chips have quickly become strategic resources for China and the U.S. to leverage in their race for digital dominance. This is in large part due to the close association between semiconductor chips and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Global shortages are coinciding with increasing demand and geopolitical turmoil, forcing states to redraw their supply chains and […]
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On March 12, 2021, U.S. President Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Suga, Australian Prime Minister Morrison, and Indian Prime Minister Modi held a quadrilateral summit meeting (the Quad) to discuss pressing issues of the Indo-Pacific region. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Quad forms a multilateral strategic alignment vis-à-vis rising Chinese power. Shortly thereafter on […]
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