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Australia, U.S. Set to Expand Papua New Guinea Naval Base

Undated photo of ship approaching the Lombrum Naval Base in Papua New Guinea

The U.S. has announced it will join an Australian effort to push back against China’s expanding presence in South East Asia with the decision join in the modernization of the Lombrum naval base at Manus in Papua New Guinea.

This unlikely country has suddenly become the focus of the struggle between the Western Pacific powers and China, which has been using its soft power to increase its influence in South East Asia over...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/23/australia-u-s-set-expand-papa-new-guinea-naval-base

Panel: U.S. Lacks a Grand Strategy to Counter China

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When considering a resurgent Chinese military, the U.S. lacks a well-developed plan or even a unifying theme, a panel of Pacific-region military and political experts said Wednesday.

Flashpoints for conflict in the Far East seem about as numerous as the islands dotting the area, and both the U.S. and China are acting as if they’re following a script leading to war, said Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government....

https://news.usni.org/2018/10/10/u-s-lacks-china-strategy

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