Pacific Change Makers: In Conversation with Ivan Pomaleu, Chief Secretary to Papua New Guinea’s government
In this new episode of Pacific Change Makers, Dr Meg Keen, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program discusses politics, priorities and problems with the Chief Sec...
2023 FDC Pacific Lecture: Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
The Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, gave the inaugural FDC Pacific Lecture at Old Parliament House, Canberra
Prospective IMF loan to push reform in PNG
Originally published by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
British foreign minister’s belated visit to the Pacific a welcome counter to Chinese influence
A commentary first published in The Guardian Australia on 21 April 2023
Ryan Neelam
Ryan Neelam is Director of the Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program at the Lowy Institute and is Project Lead on the annual flagship publication, the Lowy Institute Poll.
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Dita Liliansa
Dita Liliansa is a Research Fellow at the Ocean Law and Policy Programme of the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS). She earned her first law...
Failure not an option in this generational opportunity
Nothing less than a revolution in our approach is going to solve a problem that threatens to derail the ambitious nuclear submarine program and the ADF restructure. Originally publ...
The big AUKUS question that Albanese has yet to answer
Paul Keating is insouciant about China’s muscle and dismissive of Taiwan’s democracy. But he has changed the national debate about the submarine deal. Originally published in the A...
Ideology is back, and it’s critical for understanding AUKUS v China
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald.