This is CBS, I In The World, I'm John Bass, Oceania, vast part of the Planet Pacific Ocean

Indian Ocean.

Cleopascal of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is in Bali, that's Indonesia,

looking at several stories continuing in the contest for the game of islands between

the People's Republic of China, and it's wished to build a structure that can blunt

the U.S. and its allies in the event of conflict, but in any event, we're looking at many

sovernties and many different tales, China's present, U.S. can be present, so can its ally

Australia and New Zealand.

Cleopascal of the Foundation for the Defense of the Defense of the Defense of the United States

is a very good day to you.

I begin with Papu Nagini, which is neighbor to Indonesia, you're in Bali, Indonesia.

And Papu Nagini has recently been visited by what looks to be a VIP cavalcade, not only

the President of France, Mr. Macron and the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Austin, but also

calls by other dignitaries for some time representing India, certainly China, certainly Australia.

All this attention for Papu Nagini, the capital which is Port Morrisby, I read in the economist

that one wag in Papu Nagini has said, think of two elephants fighting over a tuft of grass.

We're the tuft of grass.

Good day to you, Cleopascal.

What is vital to the U.S. to China, to Australia, to India, to France in Papu Nagini?

Good evening.

Good evening.

Well, you know, break out your World War II map all over again.

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