Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 14 July
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fiji COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 crisis in Fiji continues to dominate the news in that country. The outbreak… Read More
Topic-Security
China’s attitude to outsiders plummets
The rapid dismemberment of Hong Kong’s lively and internationally facing culture points to a bigger story. That is, that the same suspicious attitude to the… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 7 July
PALM 9 Last week, the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum met with the Prime Minister of Japan and other government officials for the… Read More
COVID-19 and a coup: Blockage of internet and social media access further exacerbate gender-based violence risks for women in Myanmar
On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint,… Read More
The inclusive institutional balancing of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation
SOVINDA PO AND CHRISTOPHER PRIMIANO | Among the internal players in the Mekong region, Thailand is the most powerful and the most proactive. Read More
The urgency of action: Lessons for COP26 from the COVID-19 pandemic for the Pacific
The upcoming Glasgow COP26 is pivotal. Countries are expected to significantly enhance their commitments on reducing greenhouse emissions—“ratcheting up ambition”, in COP parlance—in order to… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 30 June
Political impasse in Samoa gets closer to resolution It looks like the long and drawn-out political impasse in Samoa is nearing a resolution. On Monday… Read More
Supporting the victims of sexual violence in Myanmar
PHYU PHYU OO AND SARA E DAVIES | Conflict-related sexual violence has been a feature of fighting in Myanmar for decades – a… Read More
International Criminal Court increasing its focus on the Asia Pacific
Government data suggests that at least 8663 thousand people (possibly triple that number) have been killed by police and other groups in the… Read More
Chinese power: The new international dynamic | A summary
How the rest of the world responds to what is happening in the People’s Republic of China, is the critical question of our time. How… Read More
