美国、盟友与中国通过太平洋安全协议争夺影响力
US, allies and China vie for influence through Pacific security deals
美国及其盟友与中国正通过不断增加的安全协议争夺太平洋岛国地区影响力，CSIS本周发布的互动地图梳理了相关安排。地图收录14个太平洋岛国与美国、澳大利亚、新西兰、中国大陆及台湾之间的56项安全安排，并按安全关系性质分为三类。
Strategic competition between China and the US and its allies is intensifying across the Pacific islands, with both sides pursuing a growing range of security agreements to expand their influence, according to an interactive mapping tool released this week by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank.
The tool details 56 security arrangements among 14 Pacific island countries and the US, Australia, New Zealand, mainland China and Taiwan in a bid to map out linkages in a region that has long seen Beijing and Washington spar for influence, particularly under the administration of former president Joe Biden.
The matrix assigns different weights to treaty-level defence commitments, status of forces agreements, maritime surveillance arrangements, policing cooperation and memorandums of understanding.
The mapping tool classifies them into three categories based on the level and nature of the security ties: “defence treaty ally”, “formal security agreement” without defence guarantees and “non-binding cooperation only”.
来源：南华早报 · scmp.com