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The Changing Global Architecture: A Major Evolution in the Pacific

The Changing Global Architecture: A Major Evolution in the Pacific
A Chinese-flagged fishing vessel (2nd L) enters Suva Harbor, Fiji, on July 15, 2022. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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The battle to dominate the future strategic architecture of the world is being played out, most visibly, in the Indo–Pacific, where the obvious competition is between communist China and the United States. But that, and the rise of India, is far less surprising than the emergence of a new and potentially influential bloc in Oceania: the Southwest Pacific.

Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”
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