Regional wrap
The past fortnight drove home the rather surreal realisation that we’re living in unprecedented times. Never before, at least in the living memory of today’s… Read More
2020
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 reaches the Pacific COVID-19 is now present in the Pacific islands region. There are now dozens of confirmed… Read More
Why gender matters in the impact recovery from Covid-19
Everything in our social world is gendered, and so it is with Covid-19. Read More
Remembering Professor Aileen Baviera
One of the true privileges of my role at the Griffith Asia Institute is working with some of the most distinguished and impressive scholars across… Read More
Shifting electricity generation from non-renewable to renewable sources in Vanuatu
Vanuatu’s National Energy Road Map (NERM) 2016-2030 lists targets and objectives that the Government, through the Department of Energy (DoE), considers essential for overall… Read More
Part 2 | Indian Ocean Air Power: Extra Regional Air Forces
PETER LAYTON | Peter Layton turns his attention to the extra-regional players: The United States, United Kingdom, and France in this second part… Read More
The ‘C’ word, burning elephants, post truth and how Pacific nations can lobby Australia’s position on climate change
With the elephant of climate change well and truly in the room and on fire in Australia, the Morrison Government is still shy to use… Read More
Australia-Philippines: Prolonged partners
Canberra and Manila can draw on what is approaching 75 years of diplomatic relations to respond to regional challenges and enhance cooperation. The announcement… Read More
Australia’s new regional context: Pacific island futures and air power possibilities
PETER LAYTON | In the Australian strategic consciousness the Pacific islands looms very large. There is more than two hundred years of history that… Read More
Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so far, the fear is expected to present… Read More
