Full video: Why Should We Care About the Pacific Islands?
John Hennessey-Niland currently works with ASPI on ‘soft power’ in the Pacific Islands.
Maintaining U.S. Credibility in the Pacific Islands (PDF)
Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI):
ASPI funding (Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, New Zealand, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Thales Australia, American Chamber of Commerce, Center for Strategic and International Studies, German Marshall Fund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Australian think tank ASPI found linked to prison labor, human trafficking
Videos on ‘soft power’:
Modern American Imperialism Part 1: US Political Capture as a Game (& How to Win)
Modern American Imperialism Part 2: Building Eager Armies Helping Colonize their own Nations
“Partnership in Blue Pacific” to Turn Pacific Islands into Anti-China War Zone
BRI and ‘debt-trap’ diplomacy:
Forget ‘BRI debt trap’ – US controlled World Bank / IMF is the REAL debt trap
The Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ Is a Myth
China forgives debt for 17 African nation
Videos:
The US government is trying to compete with China’s BRI
The US private sector can’t compete so they fearmonger about China’s SOEs
More about Ray Powell and Jim Carouso: