Jonathan Pryke

Director, Pacific Islands Program

Areas of expertise

Pacific economic development; Australia-Melanesia relations; Australian foreign aid and the Pacific

Contact

@jonathan_pryke

Biography

Publications

News and media

Jonathan Pryke is a former Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program. Jonathan’s research is interested in all aspects of the Pacific Islands, including economic development in the Pacific Islands region, Australia’s relationship with the Pacific, the role of aid and the private sector in Pacific Islands development and Pacific labour mobility. Jonathan joined the Lowy Institute in 2015 from the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University where he was a researcher, editor of the Development Policy Blog and a co-convener of the Australasian Aid Conference. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney, a Masters of Public Policy (Development Policy), Masters of Diplomacy and Graduate Diploma in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University.

Preparing for when climate change drives people from their homes

Combating Covid in the Pacific is hard enough. Add cyclones, droughts and flooding to the mix, the time to act is now.

Commentary

The Pacific has pulled off a coronavirus miracle. But it comes at a price

Originally published in ABC News.

Health spending and foreign aid in the Pacific

The newest Pacific Aid Map, with nearly a decade of project-level data for the region, helps shine a light on health.

Evaluating aid in the Pacific

A common rating system could make aid evaluation less opaque. Better yet, it could deliver more bang for precious bucks.

Submissions

Submission to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the contribution of the FCO to the Integrated Review of UK foreign policy strategy

The UK government's ‘Integrated Review of foreign policy, defence, security and development’, announced in February 2020, has been described as the largest foreign-policy…

Submissions

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into the Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Australia's Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade

Joint submission by Lowy Institute researchers to the JSCFADT inquiry into the implications of the pandemic.

Reports

Submission to Inquiry into Australia's Defence Relationships with Pacific Island Countries

In July, Jonathan Pryke presented a submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into Australia's defence relationships with Pacific…

Reports

The Risks of China’s Ambitions in the South Pacific

Originally published by The Brookings Institution as part of its Global China series assessing China's growing role in the world.

Commentary

DFAT cuts show our foreign policy's khaki tinge

Underinvestment in diplomacy suggests Australia is more eager to defend against a disorderly world than to try to reshape it. Originally published in the Australian Financial…