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
Region | Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
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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
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 1 June
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Chinese Foreign Minister visits region State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, is on a tour of the… Read More
Making visible in resistance to the conventional terms of recognition
STEVEN PIDGEON | Questioning why certain stories are told while others are erased, as well as who decides which is which, is a powerful… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 25 May
TESS NEWTON CAIN | ‘Out of season’ cyclone drenches Vanuatu Cyclone season officially ended on April 30th. However, that did not stop Tropical Cyclone Gina… Read More
The Pacific Step-up: Drowning not waving
PAUL SLATER | In 1999, tensions between ethnic groups in Solomon Islands were rising. For anyone who cared to notice, there was even a… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 18 May
TESS NEWTON CAIN | PNG rocked by sudden death of Deputy Prime Minister Just as Papua New Guinea heads into an election campaign, the country… Read More
Looking north: Australia’s engagement with the “Compact States”
ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | The “Compact States” are those countries that are in free association with the United States of America: Republic… Read More
Japan and the Pacific—introducing PALM
ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM) is a summit-level meeting that began in 1997 and has… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 11 May
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Japanese Foreign Minister visits the region The stream of high-level visitors to the Pacific shows no sign of letting up. Most… Read More
