E-raamat: Divided Isles: Solomon Islands and the China Switch

Divided Isles is well balanced and multifaceted, providing an urgently needed counterbalance to the hawkish or complacent commentaries that skirt or reduce domestic complexities. Kurt Johnson, The Saturday Paper

A lucid, well written and detailed examination of a neglected part of contemporary China's diplomacy. Based on first-hand experience, Acton Cavanoughs book brings to light the upside, and the downside, of how the smallest states engage with China, and how, far from being a one-way street, this all too often ends up more like a tussle where neither side quite gets what they want. Kerry Brown, author of Xi: A Study in Power

The geopolitics of Chinas rise is usually told from the perspective of Beijing and Washington. Divided Isles gives us a view from the periphery, revealing the complex domestic politics that animated Solomon Islands 2019 Switch from recognising Taiwan to recognising China. With a journalists nose for a good story, Cavanoughs narrative is both lively and informative. Peter Gries, Lee Kai Hung Chair and Director, Manchester China Institute

An insightful investigation of a dynamic series of events with profound domestic and regional implications. Absolutely a must-read for observers of the new Pacific geopolitics. Terence Wesley-Smith, Professor Emeritus, Center for Pacific Island Studies -- .