Pandemics and preparation the North Korean way
North Korea was notably among the first countries to announce a closure of its border due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in neighboring China. Read More
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Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Leaked details of a proposed ‘loan’ to Solomon Islands Details of what was proposed as a ‘loan’ to the… Read More
The obfuscation of human rights in the climate change discourse in the Pacific
The United Nations human rights committee, who heard the case between Teitiota v New Zealand in January, obfuscated Teitiota’s argument on human rights when… Read More
How vulnerable is Xi Jinping over coronavirus? In today’s China, there are few to hold him to account
Brand “People’s Republic of China” is wobbling, as if the massive picture of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square was swaying with an earthquake tremor. But… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Horizon corruption scandal erupts in Australia and extends to PNG Horizon Oil is at the heart of a corruption… Read More
Managing Asia’s coronavirus response
SARA E DAVIES | The novel coronavirus (COVID19) has so far been reported in 24 countries and territories outside mainland China, where the… Read More
The coronavirus and trust in the process of international cooperation: A system under pressure
SARA E DAVIES | On December 31, 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) received the first report of a suspected novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the city… Read More
Four reasons why the Indo-Pacific matters in 2020
If there is one place in the world that we need to keep our eyes on for a better understanding of the dynamics of international… Read More
Risk management analysis for novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
Recently, a novel coronavirus pneumonia (2019–nCoV) outbreak occurred in Wuhan, China, rapidly spreading first to the whole country, and then globally, causing widespread concern. On… Read More
Keeping the Australian Defence Force in the climate-change fight
PETER LAYTON | A month on from my earlier post on bringing the Australian Defence Force into the global warming fight, a… Read More
