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  • 10 Jun 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Sex and Gender

    Penny Wong dives deep into the audacity of the Oceanic Pacific

    ‘Ofa-ki-Levuka (‘Ofa) Guttenbeil-Likiliki
    Nurturing relationships is paramount to break down unequal power dynamics ­– especially in working for women rights.
  • 3 Jun 2022
    • Asia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Multilateral Development Banks
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • Energy

    Labor should create a “Regional Carbon Bank” for ASEAN and the Pacific

    Peter McCawley
    An urgent demand for clean electricity infrastructure requires needs a dedicated, multilateral agency in support.
  • 1 Jun 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • China

    Competing with China in the Pacific will backfire

    Miranda Booth
    Co-operation, not competition, provides the best chance for Australia to enhance ties with Pacific Island countries.
  • 1 Jun 2022
    • Asia
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sustainability

    Water torture: Asia‑Pacific’s “WASH” crisis in need of solutions

    JJ Rose
    Access to clean water is not only a development challenge but one for geopolitics, too.
  • 1 Jun 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • IMF

    Don’t saddle Pacific Islands with disaster debt

    Luke Fletcher
    It would be immoral for high-emitting countries to put an extra burden on nations suffering more extreme weather events.
  • 30 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Would China? Australia’s chance to back women police in the Pacific

    Melissa Jardine
    Promoting gender equality and enhancing maritime law enforcement will ensure Australia stands apart.
  • 30 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • New Caledonia
    • France

    Australia can’t stay silent on decolonisation in the Pacific

    Nic Maclellan
    As Canberra and Paris repair ties, presenting France as a “Pacific country” would undermine regional independence.
  • 27 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Labor’s Pacific plan: ticking the economic box

    Jessica Collins
    Tightening up on fees charged for remittances will ensure millions of dollars get to households across the region.
  • 25 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change
    • Coronavirus

    Pacific youth: challenges today need the leaders of tomorrow

    Aidan Craney
    On climate, geopolitics, recovering from pandemic, and more – it’s vital to engage youth populations across the region.
  • 11 May 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Diplomacy

    Resetting Australia’s relationship with the Pacific – three ideas

    Anna Gibert
    Listen, for a start. Getting down to granular, person-to-person engagement is needed for effective regional diplomacy.
  • 10 May 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • China
    • Solomon Islands

    Chinese bases in the Pacific: A reality check

    Sam Roggeveen
    Frustrating Beijing’s ambitions to create a sphere of influence is overwhelmingly a diplomatic task, not a military one.
  • 7 Apr 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Australia
    • China

    Economic diplomacy: Priorities shift amid a budget aid boost

    Greg Earl
    The IMF has given Chinese spending a tick as Australia tries to muscle up in the Pacific.
  • 29 Mar 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Migration

    Changing our view of Pacific visas

    Jessica Collins
    Australia’s claims to be part of the “Pacific family” would be helped by more migration options – especially for women.
  • 23 Mar 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • Papua New Guinea
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Pacific nations send a message on Ukraine – and great power rivalries

    Patrick Kaiku
    Pacific states are watching Ukraine because their sovereignty and territorial integrity can also easily be violated.
  • 24 Feb 2022
    • Pacific Islands

    Micronesia stays in the Pacific Islands Forum fold – for now

    Gil Rickey
    But Australia faces its own test amid tensions over leadership of the regional grouping.
  • 18 Feb 2022
    • Pacific Islands

    A few remarkable wins for Pacific women in local politics

    Jessica Collins
    But what is far too often the exception should become the norm.
  • 11 Feb 2022
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States

    Kick-starting America’s Pacific diplomacy

    Jonathan Pryke , Mihai Sora
    Trying to force a “choice” with China would be a mistake. But US can win plenty of good will living up to its promises.
  • 18 Jan 2022
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands

    Bang for buck: Getting the most out of Pacific Islander remittances

    Jessica Collins
    Cash sent by family abroad is essential for local economies but doesn’t come cheap.
  • 16 Dec 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Review

    Team Pacific serves up a revolution: Interpreter 2021 favourites

    Mihai Sora
    A reality TV cooking show that is about so much more than simply food.
  • 22 Nov 2021
    • Coronavirus
    • Pacific Islands

    Forecasting vaccination in the Pacific

    Alexandre Dayant
    In the race to protect populations, big parts of the region have fallen well behind.
  • 18 Nov 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Economic diplomacy: Remaking the Pacific house

    Greg Earl
    Two new studies provide the building plans for Australia’s regional infrastructure boom.
  • 4 Nov 2021
    • Global Economy
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • Technology

    Economic diplomacy: Supply chains, sanctions, and Telstra Pacific

    Greg Earl
    From ports to productivity, the pandemic has only exposed longstanding economic resilience issues in Australia.
  • 25 Oct 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Australia and Digicel: Hands-off no more?

    Shahar Hameiri
    Financing the takeover of a Pacific telco firm amounts to a marked shift in the government’s industrial philosophy.
  • 12 Oct 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Line in the sand: How sea-level rise is challenging international law

    Donald R Rothwell
    For island nations climate change poses not only a physical threat but a legal dilemma, too.
  • 30 Sep 2021
    • China
    • Chinese Foreign Aid
    • Pacific Islands

    China’s declining Pacific aid presence

    Jonathan Pryke , Alexandre Dayant
    Beijing is becoming less generous. New data suggests 2018 was a high water mark for China’s aid to the region.
  • 17 Sep 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sustainability
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • International law

    Safeguarding Pacific Island seas starts with indigenous knowledge

    Anna Naupa
    A new declaration by Pacific leaders on maritime zone preservation helps, but must also allow for cultural dialogue.
  • 26 Aug 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Afghanistan
    • Afghanistan War
    • India
    • Australia
    • Trade

    Economic diplomacy: After Kabul, Australia looks to India

    Greg Earl
    Australia has a lower war-to-aid ratio, but the US is more transparent about its failure against the Taliban.
  • 11 Aug 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and the Pacific

    Pacific needs partnership, not just leadership

    James Batley
    Richard Marles on a multidimensional regional challenge, from aid and migration to climate change and strategic denial.
  • 6 Aug 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Diplomacy
    • United States

    Refreshing American soft power in the Pacific Islands

    Moses Sakai , Patrick Kaiku
    Tales of past wars no longer resonate. The US has better stories to tell, not least of its own stumbles with democracy.
  • 23 Jul 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • New Zealand

    Shouldering their fair share? The ANZUS allies in the Pacific Islands

    Anna Powles , Joanne Wallis
    A reported pivot by special forces to the region raises questions about the role expected of Australia and New Zealand.
  • 5 Jul 2021
    • Coronavirus
    • Pacific Islands

    Aiding the Pacific during Covid: An update

    Roland Rajah , Alexandre Dayant
    While the money is flowing, the outlook for the region has also darkened considerably.
  • 21 Jun 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia and the Pacific

    The risks of escalating strategic competition in the Pacific Islands

    Joanne Wallis
    Becoming tangled in power politics can create divisions between – as well as within – nations across the region.
  • 8 Jun 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Institutions
    • Papua New Guinea

    Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before

    Anthony Regan
    Leadership turmoil in Samoa bears striking similarities to a stand-off in Papua New Guinea barely a decade earlier.
  • 13 Apr 2021
    • Pacific Islands

    A fast end to an era of political dominance in Samoa

    Kerryn Baker , Asenati Chan Tung
    The Human Rights Protection Party has been in power almost continuously for nearly 40 years. Perhaps no longer.
  • 26 Mar 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • Technology

    Facebook’s monopoly danger in the Pacific

    Amanda Watson , Jemima Garrett
    The social media giant’s move to “unfriend” Australia highlighted complex threats to information security in the region.
  • 8 Mar 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    Private sector progress in women’s leadership in the Pacific

    Sarah Boxall
    Women’s representation in politics across the region still lags. But a positive change is occurring in business.
  • 10 Feb 2021
    • Pacific Islands

    What next for Pacific regionalism?

    Jonathan Pryke
    The achievements of the Pacific Islands Forum should not be missed amid the rancour. There is still a chance for repair.
  • 9 Feb 2021
    • Pacific Islands

    Does it really matter if the Pacific Islands Forum falls apart?

    Daniel Flitton
    Last week’s fiasco over electing a new leader revealed an organisation too fragile to confront big challenges.
  • 8 Feb 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Coronavirus

    Pacific development outlook for 2021

    Alexandre Dayant
    The economic toll of the pandemic will take years to recover from, but signs of progress are starting to appear.
  • 4 Feb 2021
    • Pacific Islands

    A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke
    An eruption over the the next PIF Secretary General and a university bust-up reveal a region divided.
  • 29 Jan 2021
    • Pacific Islands

    Islands apart: Competing campaigns risk Pacific consensus for top job

    Jonathan Pryke
    The race for the next Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General spurs unprecedented competition and regional friction.
  • 19 Jan 2021
    • Pacific Islands
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan

    Australia’s Pacific Step-up and the Quad

    Eerishika Pankaj
    The four nations should take the chance to draw together a group of common initiatives in the Pacific islands region.
  • 22 Dec 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Technology

    The modern sharing of Pacific “public goods”

    Stuart Minchin
    A repository for regional data not only preserves the lessons of the past, but will shape a better future, too.
  • 16 Dec 2020
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus
    • Pacific Islands

    Avoiding a “lost decade” in the Pacific

    Roland Rajah , Alexandre Dayant
    Remoteness has helped the Pacific mitigate the worst health risks in the pandemic – but not the severe economic costs.
  • 10 Dec 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sustainability

    Favourites of 2020: Casting a line in Pacific fisheries

    Jonathan Pryke
    The feel-good story of eight apparently vulnerable Pacific nations up against every major fishing economy in the world.
  • 1 Dec 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Australia
    • Australia and the Pacific
    • United Kingdom

    The UK’s unwelcome foreign aid cut

    Philip Citowicki
    Amid a pandemic and shifting geopolitics, the aid budget was a victim of its own size – and domestic pressures.
  • 6 Nov 2020
    • Pacific Islands

    Next steps in advocating for the Pacific Islands Forum

    Alan C. Tidwell
    The island nations must get out to “sell a story and ideas” in Washington, and beyond.
  • 27 Oct 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia
    • Climate change

    Preparing for when climate change drives people from their homes

    Jonathan Pryke , Jane McAdam
    Combating Covid in the Pacific is hard enough. Add cyclones, droughts and flooding to the mix, the time to act is now.
  • 16 Oct 2020
    • Pacific Islands
    • Melanesia
    • Indonesia
    • Vanuatu

    Keeping West Papua on the agenda

    Dan McGarry
    During Covid, the independence campaign could have been forgotten. But a new generation of activists is forging ahead.
  • 8 Oct 2020
    • Pacific Islands

    Health spending and foreign aid in the Pacific

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