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For those who asked, 🧵with some of my #SolomonIslands coverage.
Bottomline: SI leaders warned about dangers of CCP elite capture since before 2019 switch. No one listened.
Now they say Townsville Peace Agreement needs to be enacted. We should listen.
sundayguardianlive.com/news/china-ent…
Bottomline: SI leaders warned about dangers of CCP elite capture since before 2019 switch. No one listened.
Now they say Townsville Peace Agreement needs to be enacted. We should listen.
sundayguardianlive.com/news/china-ent…
Written w/ Alexander Gray (ex-NSC). Why US shouldn't 'subcontract' policy - i.e. with Pacific Island Countries - even to very close partners like Australia.
It undermines trust and allows for misunderstandings.
No one benefits, except malign actors.
thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-so…
It undermines trust and allows for misunderstandings.
No one benefits, except malign actors.
thediplomat.com/2021/12/the-so…
Explains why Nov 2021 Australian deployment to #SolomonIslands post-riots was a strategic error. It bolstered an unpopular pro-PRC PM and, as we know now, gave him justification for inviting in Chinese 'police trainers' soon after.
thediplomat.com/2021/11/foreig…
thediplomat.com/2021/11/foreig…
