Climate conversations and disconnected discourses
MELODIE RUWET | Pacific island leaders have declared climate change to be their most pressing security threat. Meanwhile, the increased presence of China… Read More
Commentary
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 24 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Vanuatu President dissolves Parliament In Vanuatu, the newly installed President, Nikenike Vuraboravu has dissolved Parliament on the advice of Prime… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #33
SOVINDA PO | South East Asia’s views on Pelosi visit to Taiwan In a surprising move the United States Speaker of the House… Read More
Nuclear deterrence: Actions speak louder than words
BROOKE TAYLOR AND PETER LAYTON | Nuclear threats are back with, a hard-nosed, in-your-face rhetoric. The Cold War had crises, but it was primarily… 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
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 10 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | High level US visit to the region US Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman, is concluding a multi-country visit to the… 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
Bangladesh seeks support from the IMF: Why and what lies ahead?
YAN ISLAM | Local and international media reports have highlighted the news that Bangladesh has sought financial assistance from the IMF. A… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #32
SOVINDA PO | Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei, and Macau are added to US blacklist On 19 July the United States added Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei,… Read More
Setting the scene: Fiji’s next general elections
ROMITESH KANT | Fiji’s general elections will take place sometime before 9 January 2023. While the election date has not been announced, the official… Read More
