The planned visiting forces agreements reflect Manila’s efforts to broaden and deepen its defense partnerships in the face of growing Chinese pressure.

New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We ...

China and the Cook Islands’ relationship “should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party”, says Chinese Foreign ...

The leader of the Cook Islands is this week making his country's first ever state visit to China in order to sign a deal, ...

Could New Zealand’s relationships with its Pacific neighbours be in jeopardy – and is China ready to take full advantage? Tensions have emerged in recent weeks between New Zealand and several Pacific ...

But the proposed pact has shaken decades-old ties between the Cook Islands and New Zealand, neighbours that are set to mark ...

China says a visit this week by the Cook Islands' prime minister to Beijing was not meant to conspire against anyone in the South Pacific, despite the trip stirring up a diplomatic spat between the ...

Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin will have a memoir out this fall, looking back on a momentous four years in office when she presided over her country’s joining ...

The Cook Islands, a collection of 15 small islands with a population of 15,000 but a large exclusive economic zone, has been ...