https://www.scmp.com/rss/502356/feed Bill Sharp taught East Asian politics at Hawaii Pacific University, Chaminade University, and the University of Hawaii, Manoa. He is currently president of Sharp Research and Translation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In his book Pivot, the former US assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, Kurt Campbell, argues that the US has overlooked the South Pacific and failed to see its geostrategic relationship to the US defence posture in Asia. The US has moved from its “pivot” to an “Indo-Pacific Strategy”, making the region all the more important, from a geostrategic point of view. And one that China, similar to Japan during the second world war, sees as crucial to its defence. It should come as... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3031152/how-us-and-australia-can-counter-chinas-charm-offensive-south?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3031152/how-us-and-australia-can-counter-chinas-charm-offensive-south?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:00:04 +0000