Feature series

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 5 July

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Shipping and climate change in focus for Pacific countries Negotiations ahead of this week’s meeting of the International Maritime Organization… Read More

Southeast Asia snapshot #53

SOVINDA PO | ASEAN to hold its first joint military exercise The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will conduct its first-ever… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 21 June

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |   Troubled times for James Marape In Papua New Guinea, Prime Minister James Marape is having a rocky time of things. Read More

Southeast Asia snapshot #52

SOVINDA PO | The current political situation in Cambodia  Ahead of the national elections in July 2023, Cambodia has seen more political momentum… Read More

Pacific Perspectives on the World three years on: progress, problems, and gaps

JAMES COX  |  In 2019 I convened a team of local and Australian researchers (led by Griffith’s Tess Newton Cain) who brought together the… Read More

Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 7 June

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |  Great Council of Chiefs convenes  In Fiji the Bose Levu Vakaturaga (Great Council of Chiefs) has convened… Read More

Tourism in the Pacific post-COVID-19

YA SHE | In 2022 most Pacific nations reopened their border to tourists. An absence of tourists for two years had caused disruption… Read More

Southeast Asia snapshot #51

SOVINDA PO | The outcomes of the 42nd ASEAN Summit   The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened the… Read More

The significance of Biden’s (almost) Papua New Guinea visit

SEAN JACOBS  |  The late US Secretary of State George Shultz noted that “diplomatic visits are an important expression of presidential priorities.” Despite… Read More

The Pacific scorecard: How has Penny Wong fared in her first year as Foreign Minister?

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |   With Foreign Minister Penny Wong at the helm of foreign policy, the Albanese government has set a strong standard for… Read More