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Pacific Perspectives on Trump’s Second Term: Uncertainty and Adaptation

With Washington prioritizing America First, partners across the Pacific are weighing their options. Perceptions of a capricious and transactional Washington are creating pressure to reconsider long-standing assumptions about the alliance.

Commentary by Charles Edel, Kathryn Paik, and John Augé — October 6, 2025

Pacific Islands Forum 2025: Navigating Great-Power Rivalry

Tensions around Taiwan’s attendance at this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting demonstrated how intensifying great power competition is flooding the Pacific with attention but also fueling fractures among island nations.

Critical Questions by John Augé and Kathryn Paik — September 16, 2025

Enhancing Defense Industrial Cooperation Between Australia and the United States

In a time of deepening geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the United States and Australia should strengthen their defense industrial cooperation to deter potential adversaries while integrating and expanding both nations’ defense industrial bases.

Report by Cynthia R. Cook, Charles Edel, Kathryn Paik, Gregory Sanders, Henry H. Carroll, Katy Buda, and John Augé — March 3, 2025