Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 6 April
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Security agreement between Solomon Islands and China finalised The proposed security agreement between Solomon Islands has now been finalised, with… Read More
2022
Weapon of war in Europe? The escalation of sexual and gender-based violence in Ukraine-Russia conflict
SARA E DAVIES AND JACQUI TRUE | Like all wars the Ukrainian crisis has distinct and devastating impacts on women and children. Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 1: Marking a half-century of market-led development
RON BEVACQUA | The year 2022 marks an important anniversary in the field of economic development and poverty reduction. It was exactly 50… Read More
Southeast Asia Snapshot #23
SOVINDA PO | Border re-openings in South East Asia The COVID-19 Omicron variant is still posing risks to countries around the world despite… Read More
Time and troops in finite supply for Russia’s army in Ukraine
PETER LAYTON | To everyone’s surprise, after a month’s hard fighting in Ukraine, the Russian army is now effectively fully committed. Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 30 March
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Solomon Islands and China eye closer security relationships A leaked draft of a framework security agreement is the latest manifestation of… Read More
Can states have strategic personalities?
IAN HALL AND RENÉE JEFFERY | In The Interpreter last month, Bec Strating and Joanne Wallis weighed into the debate about Australia’s “strategic personality” and how it… Read More
Ukraine before the Russian invasion: Democratic governance and economic performance
YAN ISLAM | Stanford historian Norman Naimark proclaims that Ukraine was a ‘thriving young democracy’ prior to the Russian invasion. He qualifies… Read More
Is world opinion shifting on lethal aid to Myanmar’s opposition movement?
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past year, governments and international organisations have imposed sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime and taken various other steps to… Read More
Scenarios for the war in Ukraine
PETER LAYTON | Russia’s war has stalled. There are small advances, but at high cost. Russian forces started the war with … Read More
