I know security and foreign policy are complicated issues but it does sound a bit odd to hear Sogavare say he's standing up...
I know security and foreign policy are complicated issues but it does sound a bit odd to hear Sogavare say he’s standing up against the liberal hegemony of Australia not building military bases in the Solomon Islands. His whole grievance is that Australia wasn’t occupying SI, and someone has to do it, so he’s going with China.
Was remembering that the last time the Solomon Islands popped up is was them requesting Australian troops to put down some rioting, guess they didn’t provide enough
back in the day Australia wanted to treat the South Pacific much like the way America treats the Caribbean; I mean it still does but now it’s not clear how.
Historically our approach was “take on the Old Man (Spain) and win, claim his holdings, and establish a naval base at Guantanamo Bay”