Washington's panicked attempt to pressure the Solomon Islands to cancel a new Chinese security pact shows that the U.S. doesn't really believe that small states get to make their own decisions when it comes to foreign policy.
the reaction in Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. to the agreement as"absolutely hyperbolic." As he said,"there is nothing about this document that represents making the Solomon Islands part of a Chinese sphere of influence."
If the U.S. hopes to win the trust and cooperation of Pacific and Asian nations in the coming decades, it cannot continue with a zero-sum approach that requires small countries to take sides against China. If the U.S. meant what it said about spheres of influence, it would not be so alarmed by the prospect of a modest security agreement between China and a small Pacific state, but by its actions our government shows just how desperately it clings to the idea that certain countries belong in the orbit of the U.S. and its allies no matter what the local government wants. If the U.S.
The alarmist response to China's agreement with the Solomon Islands is reminiscent of other recent panics over developments involving China that either haven't occurred yet or aren't all that significant.
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