The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
Cook Islands discloses its China deal, stirring diplomatic tensions with New Zealand over seabed mineral cooperation and ...
Many Pacific nations have forged closer ties with Beijing in recent years. In 2019, pro-China President Maamau oversaw Kiribati’s switch in diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, one of several ...
Cook Islands deal has implications for Pacific security, but particularly for New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...
"Kiribati’s primary bilateral relationships ... a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, told VOA by phone. Beijing’s attempts to increase diplomatic efforts in the ...
Kiribati also severed ties with pro-West Taiwan the same year as a growing number of Pacific island nations gravitate towards Beijing. Why are the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands ...