Cooperation, Coordination, and Strategic Denial: Echoes and Lessons from Cold War Oceania 

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When Tonga opened diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union in 1976, the West reacted strongly. It reacted as if Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev himself had planted the hammer and sickle flag on Tonga’s shores. The establishment of relations between a Pacific island nation and the West’s strategic competitor sent shockwavesContinue Reading