ELIZABETH BUCHANAN | When it comes to Antarctica there are four key problems Canberra faces. First, Australia overlooks its southern flank in somewhat of… Read More

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  PNG rocked by sudden death of Deputy Prime Minister Just as Papua New Guinea heads into an election campaign, the country… Read More

ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  The “Compact States” are those countries that are in free association with the United States of America: Republic… Read More

ADELE WEBB | The offspring of strongmen were the clear winners in last Monday’s Philippine national election. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is set… Read More

SOVINDA PO | Indonesia widens its edible oil export ban As the world’s largest edible oil exporter, Indonesia announced that from  28 April 2022,… Read More

YAN ISLAM | The latest evaluations by IMF, World Bank and UN agencies reveal that the war in Ukraine that commenced with Russia’s invasion… Read More

ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  The Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM) is a summit-level meeting that began in 1997 and has been held… Read More

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Japanese Foreign Minister visits the region The stream of high-level visitors to the Pacific shows no sign of letting up. Most… Read More

WESLEY MORGAN | Late last year, more than 100 former diplomats and officials called for a new Australian foreign policy—with climate action at the centre—to… Read More

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  PNG and Fiji elections update In Papua New Guinea, the dates of this year’s elections have been set. The start of… Read More