1180: The Pacific Island groups of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia fragment into factions that the PRC seeks to exploit. Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Photo: Three men wave life jackets and look on as a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft discovers them on the uninhabited island of Fanadik. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Pacific Island groups of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia fragment into factions that the PRC seeks to exploit.Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/how-the-pacific-islands-forum-fell-apart/