Eric Y. Shibuya
Eric Y. Shibuya is Associate Professor of Strategic Studies at the Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University and a longtime specialist on Oceania. His most recent publication is Demobilizing Irregular Forces (Polity Books, 2012). The views presented in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the Marine Corps University, Department of the Navy, or Department of Defense.
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Beijing Building Influence, Shelving Competition in the South Pacific
The announcement in late August 2012 that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s tour through Asia would begin with a stop in the Cook Islands and coincide with the annual