Nauru’s Diplomatic Shift Signals Increasing Chinese Dominance in the Indo-Pacific

In January, the archipelago nation of Nauru severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of formal relations with China, reducing the number of countries recognizing Taipei’s sovereignty to eleven. Nauru’s Beijing defection is one of 10 to occur since 2016. The increase in diplomatic reorientation favoring China threatens Western security assets, particularly in the...