Island-hopping with chinese characteristics: what the prc is doing in the pacific islands, why it matters, and why the time has come to "block and build"/

PASKAL Cleo

Island-hopping with chinese characteristics: what the prc is doing in the pacific islands, why it matters, and why the time has come to "block and build"/ Cleo Paskal - 2023

China's engagement with western Pacific island nations and its pursuit of influence over their affairs are driven by its conception of comprehensive national power and a need for reliable access from which it might challenge the U.S. military and eventually displace it from the region.


NATIONAL POWER--EAST ASIA, CHINA