Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 12 October
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Final preparations for Vanuatu elections Vanuatu’s snap elections will be held on Thursday 13th October. The Electoral Commission is busy getting… Read More
Topic-Public Diplomacy
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 5 October
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Outcomes of the White House summit Last week’s White House summit had some significant outcomes. It was the first time that… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 21 September
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Disaster response in focus in Brisbane Pacific ministers and officials converged on Brisbane this week for the UN’s Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference… Read More
Change underfoot in the uneasy UK-China relationship?
CAITLIN BYRNE | China’s President Xi Jinping was swift to send his condolences to King Charles III on the passing of the British… Read More
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 of… 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
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, and… Read More
