The Torres Strait Treaty, a journey of Islander autonomy
Thursday
11th February
2021
“We are happy to share what we have in the Torres Strait, but we will not give – not a…
Category Archive: Pillar 3: Geopolitics and diplomacy
Charting a course to 2050 in the Pacific
Wednesday
9th December
2020
PETER LAYTON, WESLEY MORGAN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | At the 2019 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)…
A climate for change in the Pacific
Tuesday
10th November
2020
Pacific island states hope to work with a new administration in the White House to galvanise global action on climate…
From the Forum Foreign Ministers…
Thursday
22nd October
2020
Last week, the Foreign Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum met as one of the standing committees of the inter-governmental…
Geostrategic competition is intensifying in the Pacific
Thursday
1st October
2020
A more powerful China is relentlessly contesting the maritime security order in the Pacific. Dr Wesley Morgan shares his insights.
Good neighbours? Supporting countries of the Pacific in meeting COVID-19 challenges
Monday
28th September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 and its attendant health and economic impacts have left no part of the world untouched.
China’s footprint in the Pacific
Thursday
27th August
2020
Sheldon Chanel shares commentary on the recent "China In the Pacific" webinar as China’s footprint in the Pacific is expected…
Pacific Finance and Economic Ministers meet online
Thursday
20th August
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Earlier this month the Finance and Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum member…
PNG’s peril is Beijing’s chance
Friday
17th July
2020
Papua New Guinea was the only Pacific country to back China’s harsh security legislation for Hong Kong. Rowan Callick suggests…
Imagining a new post-COVID-19 international economic order for the Pacific islands
Thursday
9th July
2020
A new international economic order must be embraced for the Pacific islands which places our peoples and cultural heritage at…