Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 13 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Kiribati breaks away from Forum Just as the 51st meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders was about to get underway Kiribati… Read More
Topic-Public Diplomacy
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
Southeast Asia snapshot #30
SOVINDA PO | Myanmar’s junta-appointed Defense Minister attends ASEAN defense meeting On 22 June 2022, Myanmar’s military-appointed Defense Minister, General Mya Tun Oo,… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 6 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Foreign Ministers to meet ahead of PIF This week sees a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum’s Foreign Ministers. This comes… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 29 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Pacific voices feature at UN Oceans Conference The UN Oceans Conference is underway in Lisbon, Portugal. As travel restrictions ease, Pacific… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #29
SOVINDA PO | The progress of the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, Asia’s premier defense summit—the… Read More
The India-Australia bond and its impact on the Indo-Pacific
PETER LAYTON | For several decades, the relationship between Australia and India seemed limited to Commonwealth, cricket and curry. Today however, geostrategic changes, globalisation… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 8 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | High level meeting to resolve the Micronesian 5 Impasse A number of Pacific leaders gathered in Fiji this week. They… 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
Deep listening: Putting communities at the forefront of making meaningful art
FELICITY CASTAGNA | As part of QAGOMA’s 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) several community and arts leaders were brought together to… Read More
