China's Indo-Pacific Pivot: The Strategic Implications of the Solomon Islands Security Agreement

China's Indo-Pacific Pivot: The Strategic Implications of the Solomon Islands Security Agreement

Piper Stock |Image sourced from Alex DeCiccio via Wikimedia Commons.The 2022 China-Solomon Islands security agreement marks a decisive turning point in Indo-Pacific power dynamics, threatening to irreversibly undermine Australia’s strategic position in its own neighbourhood. With Chinese security forces now positioned a mere 2,000 kilometres from Australia's eastern coast – closer than Darwin is to Perth – the implications extend well beyond tra…