China’s soft power in the Pacific: The example of the Solomon Islands and the Pacific Games 2023 project, By Barthélémy Courmont & and Harmony Delhalle (Asia Focus - IRIS)

In parallel with the growing interest for the Indo-Pacific region, Oceania has proven to be a strategic pivot for great powers, not only through its geolocation but also its resources, its spaces, and its actors. The Oceania Island states are certainly geographically small, but they prove to be of crucial support especially given the current context in the South China Sea and for the Indo-Pacific Axis.

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