The Pacific Step-up: Drowning not waving
PAUL SLATER | In 1999, tensions between ethnic groups in Solomon Islands were rising. For anyone who cared to notice, there was even a… Read More
Pillar 3: Geopolitics and diplomacy
Looking north: Australia’s engagement with the “Compact States”
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
Japan and the Pacific—introducing PALM
ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM) is a summit-level meeting that began in 1997 and has… Read More
This is where we live: Has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?
TESS NEWTON CAIN | I was once asked “why should Australians care about what happens in the Pacific? and my response was (or… Read More
Reconsidering Australia’s interests after Glasgow
WESLEY MORGAN | Australia’s approach to international relations is defined by support for a rules-based global order. After Glasgow, it’s time to reconsider… Read More
Road to COP26: Timeline of Pacific diplomacy
TESS NEWTON CAIN | ‘Climate diplomacy’ encompasses the interactions, practices and protocols through which state and non-state actors advance and negotiate their… Read More
The urgency of action: Lessons for COP26 from the COVID-19 pandemic for the Pacific
The upcoming Glasgow COP26 is pivotal. Countries are expected to significantly enhance their commitments on reducing greenhouse emissions—“ratcheting up ambition”, in COP parlance—in order to… Read More
With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It has been a bruising couple of weeks for the Pacific Islands Forum after five Micronesian countries announced they… Read More
Regionalism in retreat
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Prophesies of the end of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as we know it are close to being fulfilled… Read More
The Torres Strait Treaty, a journey of Islander autonomy
“We are happy to share what we have in the Torres Strait, but we will not give – not a teaspoon of water, not a… Read More
