Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 16 March
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 raising serious questions in Vanuatu In Vanuatu, the number of COVID-19 cases is continuing to rise. Health authorities have converted… Read More
March, 2022
General Valery Gerasimov’s great Ukrainian disaster
PETER LAYTON | How did we end up here? We all thought Putin’s modernized Russian army was ten feet tall and led by a… Read More
Putin’s folly and the end of Indian multialignment
IAN HALL | For New Delhi, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is likely to prove as big a strategic shock as… Read More
Digital futures: Financial inclusion in the Asia Pacific
ERIN WATSON-LYNN AND TENGFEI WANG | The outcomes of harnessing digital technologies for financial inclusion will pay dividends for people at the bottom of… Read More
In multilateral forums, can Indonesia lead?
PIA DANNHAUER AND GRETA NABBS-KELLER | As Indonesia presides over the G20 this year and assumes the ASEAN chair in 2023, international… Read More
Australia spent billions on jet fighters off the plan. Now, we’re having trouble even flying them
PETER LAYTON | There’s a problem with Australia’s brand new fighter jet—it’s just not that reliable. As a result, it flies about 25… Read More
Putin’s military blunders give NATO a bird’s-eye view of Russia’s capability for a bigger war – but that threat remains real
ANDREW O’NEIL | As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds into its third week, it’s becoming clearer by the day that Moscow has grossly… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 9 March
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Vanuatu moves to COVID-19 Level 2 After more than a week of rumour and counter-rumour, the government of Vanuatu confirmed there… Read More
Australia’s Ukraine policy
ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | Australia has committed a significant aid package to Ukraine and applied further sanctions against Russia. Though this European security crisis unfolds… Read More
How Australia can be a catalyst for civil-military cooperation in Southeast Asia
MELISSA CONLEY TYLER, CHRIS GARDINER AND GRETA NABBS-KELLER | With the prevalence and intensity of natural disasters on the rise across… Read More
