Answering China’s South China Sea flying safety challenge
PETER LAYTON | China continues to double down on its dangerous intercept of an Australian maritime surveillance aircraft flying in international air space in the… Read More
2022
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 13 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Kiribati breaks away from Forum Just as the 51st meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders was about to get underway Kiribati… Read More
Keeping everyone in the tent: The Pacific Islands Forum remains whole
TESS NEWTON CAIN | A last-minute agreement has avoided rupture in the Pacific Islands Forum. As the agreement was negotiated, regional strengths… Read More
Indian Ocean rivalries: China and India in the Indian Ocean
PETER LAYTON | China is a one-ocean country with a two ocean posture. In the Pacific, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) focuses on… Read More
Will Australia’s new climate policy be enough to reset relations with Pacific nations?
WESLEY MORGAN | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hoping his government’s more ambitious climate policy will help reset Pacific relations when he meets… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #30
SOVINDA PO | Myanmar’s junta-appointed Defense Minister attends ASEAN defense meeting On 22 June 2022, Myanmar’s military-appointed Defense Minister, General Mya Tun Oo,… Read More
China, Russia and climate change: why Australia’s place at the NATO Summit was so important
SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admitted at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Public Forum that some Australians may not… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 6 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Foreign Ministers to meet ahead of PIF This week sees a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum’s Foreign Ministers. This comes… Read More
Myanmar’s civil war and the myth of military victory
ANDREW SELTH | Over the past few months, there has been a significant shift in the tone of the expert commentary on Myanmar’s civil… Read More
Creating women’s entrepreneurial resilience by building forward better
ANNE SIMMONS-BENTON AND CAITLIN BYRNE | A stark reality to emerge from the devastation of COVID-19 has been the global decline in women’s… Read More
