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US, allies and China vie for influence through Pacific security deals
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 23 Oct 2026, 22:27 UTC. The headline in use is “US, allies and China vie for influence through Pacific security deals”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Strategic competition between China and the US and its allies is intensifying across the Pacific islands, with both sides pursuing a growing range of security agreements to expand their influence, according to an interactive mapping tool released this week by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington…
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US, allies and China vie for influence through Pacific security deals
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