by Dave Patterson | Aug 30, 2022 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Beijing’s influence in the Indo-Pacific grows more assertive, the United States and its allies are feeling the impact. It started on Aug. 25, when the Solomon Islands government denied the US Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Oliver Henry a scheduled port call for...
by Dave Patterson | Nov 30, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Recently, the Solomon Islands were rocked by three days of riots, arson, property destruction, and looting, leaving three dead. The violence was prompted ostensibly by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s 2019 decision to switch its diplomatic relationship from Taiwan...