CSIS Maps 56 Pacific Island Security Arrangements Involving US, China, Allies

2.3 · 8d ago · WORLD

The Facts

  • The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank, released an interactive mapping tool this week on security arrangements in the Pacific islands. SCMP only
  • The tool details 56 security arrangements among 14 Pacific island countries and the US, Australia, New Zealand, mainland China and Taiwan. SCMP only
  • The matrix assigns different weights to treaty-level defence commitments, status of forces agreements, maritime surveillance arrangements, policing cooperation and memorandums of understanding. SCMP only
  • The tool classifies ties into three categories: 'defence treaty ally', 'formal security agreement' without defence guarantees, and 'non-binding cooperation only'. SCMP only

Context

CSIS, a Washington-based think tank, released an interactive tool cataloguing security links between Pacific island countries and the US, Australia, New Zealand, mainland China and Taiwan. The tool covers 56 arrangements across 14 island countries.

It weights agreement types differently, from treaty-level defence commitments to non-binding memorandums of understanding, and sorts each country's ties into three categories. SCMP reports that the region has long seen Beijing and Washington compete for influence.

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3 News Editor A think tank released an analytical mapping tool cataloguing existing security arrangements, a concrete but niche publication with limited immediate impact on most people.
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