Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 8 December
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Motion of No Confidence debated in Solomon Islands Monday saw the Parliament of Solomon Islands meet to debate a motion… Read More
Topic-Public Diplomacy
All eyes turn to Indonesia as it takes on the 2022 G20 presidency
CAITLIN BYRNE | Indonesia’s 2022 presidency will provide the G20 with the opportunity to focus on promoting inclusive growth, while demonstrating the country’s growing… Read More
G20 leaders talk up climate action but avoid real commitments, casting a shadow over crucial Glasgow talks
CAITLIN BYRNE AND SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | The G20 summit in Rome concluded over the weekend with a disappointing outcome for Earth’s climate. Leaders of… Read More
Matching strategic and defence policy to the climate challenge
BRENDAN SARGEANT | Australia is experiencing a series of cascading crises. While the most immediate is the Covid-19 pandemic, the global and regional strategic… Read More
People love pandas but what’s really behind China’s panda diplomacy?
CAITLIN BYRNE | There is no question, the world loves China’s giant pandas. The enigmatic, reserved herbivores evoke goodwill wherever they travel. With numbers… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 25 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific Islands Forum Chair responds to the IPCC report The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) has released a… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 18 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Significant changes mooted ahead of elections in PNG Papua New Guinea is scheduled to hold general elections during next… Read More
It’s gold, gold, gold for Japan and its uplifting Games
ROWAN CALLICK | Two months ago The Economist castigated Japan for its obduracy—one dictionary definition, “stubborn persistence in wrongdoing”—for deciding to press ahead with… 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 interests relating… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 4 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Forum Foreign Ministers focus on COVID-19 recovery The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers met during last week in… Read More
