Discussions about Pacific aid need to go beyond the instrumental and local voices must be heard
HANNAH MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million deal with Chinese telecommunications giant… Read More
Pillar 3: Geopolitics and diplomacy
Who said what? Pacific leaders speak at UNGA77
RACHEL SMITH | The 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) motto was “a watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges,” with member states… Read More
Defence industry and the Pacific
PETER LAYTON* | From an Australian defence viewpoint, the Pacific is suddenly fashionable. This renewed attention has encouraged some interest in possible regional… Read More
US touch and go diplomacy with Solomon Islands
EILEEN NATUZZI | For the past two decades US foreign engagement with Solomon Islands has practised touch-and-go diplomacy: brief fleeting visits to Honiara. In August… Read More
2050: A Pacific geostrategic vision for the world’s only Blue Continent
AUDREY AUMUA AND SOLI MIDDLEBY | Considering recent commentary on the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and Pacific regionalism, you could be forgiven for missing… Read More
Smiles in Suva: The 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting
TESS NEWTON CAIN AND STEFAN ARMBRUSTER | Last week’s meeting of the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) was keenly anticipated and came… 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
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
Cold war in paradise―Labor’s new diplomacy in the Pacific
TIM HARCOURT | Did you hear? There’s a cold war in Paradise. China’s geo-strategic thrust into the Pacific caught the Morrison government napping―especially with China’s… Read More
Pacific proposals – Five ideas for an incoming government
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Pacific dominated political discourse in the recent federal election. As a new Labor government enters power, a… Read More
