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September 4, 2012

World's Gaze Turns to the South Pacific

Luke Hunt, The Diplomat

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With the world's great powers calling, factionalism is increasingly present among island nations of the Pacific. It could be trouble.

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TAGGED: Pacific island, Hillary Clinton, South Pacific, Russia, Fiji, China, Cook Islands

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