Indonesia responds to the cyber dark side
RETA NABBS-KELLER AND RM WIBAWANTO NUGROHO WIDODO | The “DarkSide” ransomware cyber-attack on the US-based gasoline facility Colonial Pipeline, which has disrupted… Read More
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Myanmar and a new kind of civil war
ANDREW SELTH | In early 1989, I was passing through Bangkok when a friend from a Western embassy invited me to what she called… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 19 May
This week's bulletin looks at what is happening around the Pacific: more twists in the saga of the Samoa elections, talks between PNG and Bougainville leaders, a round-up of COVID-19 in the Pacific and bribery allegations in Vanuatu. Read More
Southeast Asia Snapshot #12
LUCY WEST | A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Myanmar’s banking sector under pressure On 11 May, Myanmar’s currency… Read More
Aung San Suu Kyi’s uncertain fate
ANDREW SELTH | In the flood of articles, op-eds and commentaries that has been published since the February coup in Myanmar, surprisingly few have… Read More
Time to link diplomacy to action—climate change is at our doorstep
If there was need of any reminder of the growing threat of climate change in Palau, it was the devastation that was left by Typhoon… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 12 May
Today for Pacific Outlook, the Weekly Bulletin from Tess Newton Cain looks at COVID-19 developments in Fiji and PNG, the new Pacific Resilience Facility, the UXO legacy in Solomon Islands, tensions in West Papua and ongoing electoral drama in Samoa. Read More
Unprecedented is not a reason to be unprepared
With the Oceania region ranked as the greatest disaster risk area worldwide, Peter Layton says countries need to improve their responses to crises and disasters as unprecedented times may call for unprecedented solutions. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 5 May
Violence in Papua New Guinea Authorities and community leaders are working to contain outbreaks of serious violence in PNG. In Alotau, in Milne… Read More
Southeast Asia Snapshot #11
A fortnightly snapshot of what’s making headlines in South East Asia. Thailand’s PM acquires new breadth of powers Earlier this week Thailand’s cabinet granted Prime… Read More
