Toward Decline
Fijians may turn to China thanks to new $20,000 US visa bond - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Why it matters
The US visa-bond policy directly undermines US diplomatic standing in the Pacific, creating an opening for China to deepen its influence in Fiji and potentially other island nations. This is a concrete signal that US Indo-Pacific commitment may be eroding via self-inflicted diplomatic damage, weakening the alliance architecture Australia depends on to balance Chinese power in the region.
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