Jan 18, 2024 · Taiwan’s remaining allies in the Pacific include the Marshall Islands and Palau, which are particularly important to U.S. interests in the region — and the financial precarity that caused Nauru to switch recognition could create openings for Beijing in these countries too.

Oct 17, 2023 · The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the U.S. signed agreements Monday evening that will give Washington a stronger presence in the Western Pacific and the right to deny China and other...

Sep 8, 2022 · A Chinese couple plotted to set up a mini-state on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, bribing MPs and officials along the way, US prosecutors say.

Oct 17, 2023 · The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the U.S. signed agreements Monday evening that will give Washington a stronger presence in the Western Pacific and the right to deny China and other nations access to the islands’ territorial waters.

Nov 26, 2021 · On the Marshall Islands, the U.S. has developed military, intelligence and aerospace facilities in a region where China is particularly active. In turn, U.S. money and jobs have benefited the Marshall Islands’ economy.

Oct 18, 2023 · After months of haggling, the Marshall Islands agreed to renew a strategic pact granting the US military access to its land, air and sea in exchange for economic help for decades.

Mar 21, 2024 · American and Australian officials were stunned in early 2022 when Solomon Islands announced a security agreement with China, raising the possibility that Beijing could leverage that into...

Oct 17, 2023 · The Marshall Islands, an archipelago in the militarily strategic western Pacific, on Monday signed a new economic assistance agreement with the United States that underwrites close ties at a...

Oct 18, 2023 · The Republic of the Marshall Islands and the U.S. signed agreements Monday that will give Washington a stronger presence in the Western Pacific and the right to deny China and other nations access to the islands’ territorial waters.

Jan 27, 2023 · The case of the Marshall Islands is emblematic of the increasingly fervent geopolitical competition in the Pacific as the United States and China jostle for influence.