Search results for: James Smith
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Reading Japan’s Pacific PALM
…of Kiribati and the Solomon Islands. Both Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape and his Fijian counterpart Frank Bainimarama vowed to strengthen ties with Tokyo on “international matters”…
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The Splintering of the Pacific Islands Forum – What Now?
…anniversary. This, coupled with the need to alleviate the pandemic’s economic fallout, and working on mending ties, will require more than goodwill and consolatory speeches. Prime Ministers James Marape of…
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Ambition and Ambiguity: South Korea’s Defense Industry Reform
South Korea’s defense industry ambitions have increased significantly over the past couple of years as part of President Moon Jae-in´s wider Defense Reform 2.0. The program aims…
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China’s Jamaica Policy: A Less Clumsy Alternative to U.S.-Taiwan Relations
…development agency. On April 11, Ambassador Tian Qi signed a memorandum with Jamaican foreign affairs minister Kamina Johnson Smith inducting Jamaica into the Belt and Road Initiative. On June 25,…
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Arthur Ding
Associated Research Fellow