Afghanistan: then and now
YAN ISLAM | Afghanistan is in the news these days as the Taliban, ousted from power following the US-led invasion in 2001, has… Read More
2021
A culture of insecurity
MARK BEESON | It’s not too controversial to suggest that the global environment isn’t in great shape, or even that it may never be… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 18 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Significant changes mooted ahead of elections in PNG Papua New Guinea is scheduled to hold general elections during next… Read More
Energy poverty and inequality in Sri Lanka
MANEKA JAYASINGHE, SELVA SELVANATHAN AND SAROJA SELVANATHAN | Energy poverty is defined as the absence of sufficient choice in accessing adequate, affordable,… Read More
Responding to China’s unending grey-zone prodding
PETER LAYTON | The best way to counter China’s grey-zone activities may be a measured forward-planning approach that proceeds step-by-step. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 11 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific Islands Forum leaders meet online The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) met online at the end of… Read More
Jawaharlal Nehru’s vision for a just and equitable post-colonial world, with India leading the way
IAN HALL | Jawaharlal Nehru was not just the architect of modern India and the country’s first prime minister. He also played a central role… Read More
It’s gold, gold, gold for Japan and its uplifting Games
ROWAN CALLICK | Two months ago The Economist castigated Japan for its obduracy—one dictionary definition, “stubborn persistence in wrongdoing”—for deciding to press ahead with… Read More
Preparing Australia to respond to disasters—at home and abroad
PETER LAYTON | The COVID pandemic relentlessly rolls on but prescribed burns have now also begun across Australia as the next bushfire… Read More
Road to COP26: Timeline of Pacific diplomacy
TESS NEWTON CAIN | ‘Climate diplomacy’ encompasses the interactions, practices and protocols through which state and non-state actors advance and negotiate their… Read More
