Topic-Politics

Southeast Asia snapshot #45

SOVINDA PO | Malaysia urged Thailand to step up action in Myanmar With the security challenges in Myanmar still threatening stability in the… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 15 February

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |    Parliament sits in Fiji Parliament is sitting this week in Fiji and we are getting more of a sense… Read More

Southeast Asia snapshot #44

SOVINDA PO | Political update in Myanmar Myanmar has now been under junta control for two years. Even in the face of international… Read More

Southeast Asia snapshot #43

SOVINDA PO | Political purge in Vietnam   The Vietnamese Communist Party has experienced some instability with two Deputy Prime Ministers stepping down… Read More

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

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

Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 14 December

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |    Fiji elections this week The much-anticipated general elections will take place in Fiji on 14th December. At the time… Read More