Australia’s return to must-win wars
PETER LAYTON | It’s been a long time since Australia fought to win a war. Famed military historian David Horner has tied it down… Read More
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Discussions about Pacific aid need to go beyond the instrumental and local voices must be heard
HANNAH MCNICOL | After signing a security deal with China in April and a $100 million deal with Chinese telecommunications giant… Read More
Fiji’s government may have changed, but the military is making it clear it will not go quietly
JON FRAENKEL | We are starting to see what Fiji politics is likely to look like under the new government elected in December… Read More
Southeast Asia snapshot #42
SOVINDA PO | ASEAN’s response to China lifting its travel restrictions China abruptly lifted its Zero Covid Policy, on 8 January 2023,… Read More
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 18 January
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Welcome to the Pacific Outlook Bulletin. For 2023, we have a fresh look and a new publishing schedule – the Bulletin… Read More
Disaster-resilient infrastructure top priority in the Pacific
JACK WHELAN | As floods wreaked havoc across vast areas of eastern Australia, 2022 was described as ‘The Great Deluge’, with record-breaking rainfall… Read More
Six reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action
WESLEY MORGAN | Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental change, at best. Activist Greta… Read More
The Linebacker II air campaign anniversary and the Ukraine war
PETER LAYTON | December marked 50 years since the ‘maximum effort’ Operation Linebacker II air campaign that forced the North Vietnamese regime back to… Read More
Old inequalities, new space? Women, peace and space security
ELISE STEPHENSON AND CASSANDRA STEER | Senior US Space Force officials visiting Australia have warned that a conflict in space in the… Read More
Deep sea mining—can it sink the visions in Pacific regionalism?
PATRICK KAIKU | Pacific island states have combined custodianship over some of the richest and most extensive Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) in the… Read More
