The Pacific Island region is enormous—spanning roughly 15-16 hours of continuous flight from California to Australia—containing 14 countries plus additional territories across three sub-regions, yet most island nations have extremely small land masses compensated by enormous exclusive economic zones (EEZs).
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“When you're on the plane in California on the tarmac and you're getting ready to take off and fly across the Pacific to Australia, you're traversing down south for like 15 or 16 hours straight of travel. It's an enormous region. And there are three sub regions of it.”
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How Should the U.S. Counter China in the Pacific?— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:42:22 PM
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