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  • 14 Jan 2019
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Morrison in Vanuatu and Fiji: broadening, not deepening

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
    Rather than another grand initiative for the Pacific, Scott Morrison should join up policy at home for deeper relations.
  • 20 Dec 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Stepping up on Pacific infrastructure

    Roland Rajah
    The advantage of concessional loans is grant funding by Australia can be leveraged into a much larger amount.
  • 18 Dec 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    What I missed this year: Australia waking up to the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke
    <p>Lowy Institute experts look back on what surprised them in 2018</p>
  • 12 Dec 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: call to close bases, deep sea struggles, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    Plus money for regional infrastructure, Fiji election results, and links from the Pacific islands region.
  • 10 Dec 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Technology

    Dimly lit renewable energy initiatives for the Pacific

    Alexandre Dayant , Michael Nguyen
    <p>Population, technical capacity and economies of scale stand in the way to&nbsp;renewable energy in the region.</p>
  • 28 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: APEC reactions, “a summit like no other”, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    Navy bases, journalist suspension, deals with China, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
  • 28 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Charting a more sustainable development path in the Pacific

    Majella Hurney
    Competing to counter the influence of China in the Pacific suggests that Australia may have lost its way.
  • 23 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia

    Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific

    Mary-Louise O’Callaghan
    Should we really lament the passing of the old-fashioned foreign correspondent, or take a chance for something new?
  • 21 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Australia finds itself at a Pacific crossroads

    Carlisle Richardson
    Australia should foster more sustainable relationships in the Pacific.
  • 14 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: APEC underway, banking on the region, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    The summit comes to Port Moresby, PNG’s health problems in the spotlight, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
  • 12 Nov 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    Meaningful participation: women and peacebuilding in the Pacific

    Nicole George
    Experience in Bougainville and Solomon Islands highlights the potential role of women to support the process.
  • 1 Nov 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Labor’s ambitions in the Pacific

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
    Australia’s politicians are yet to explain why Pacific nations would want only one partner.
  • 22 Oct 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    Chinese whispers and Pacific agency

    Tess Newton Cain , Anna Powles , Joanne Wallis
    Pacific island countries are well aware of strategic risks, and want the issues that worry them most to be in focus.
  • 17 Oct 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: PNG, the fast and the furious, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    Sports cars for APEC, French Polynesia wants justice for nuclear tests, plus links from the Pacific islands region.
  • 15 Oct 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australian Foreign Aid
    • Chinese Foreign Aid

    Reconciling with China in the Pacific

    Alexandre Dayant , Euan Moyle
    To overcome suspicion, Australia should work to reshape the multilateral system for better global collaboration on aid.
  • 11 Oct 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • Pacific Islands

    Mind the gap: views of security in the Pacific

    Euan Graham
    An emphasis on “non-traditional” issues in the islands should not discount Canberra’s legitimate geostrategic concerns.
  • 3 Oct 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: Fiji finally sets a date, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    Fighting tuberculosis in PNG, navy base plans, and stories from the Pacific islands region.
  • 3 Oct 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Boe Declaration: navigating an uncertain Pacific 

    Anna Naupa , Murray Ackman , Patrick Tuimalealiifano
    Leaders agreed on an “expanded concept of security” to cope with threats the Pacific faces today and will face tomorrow.
  • 25 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Taiwan

    Exploring Taiwan’s aid to the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke , Michael Nguyen
    Per capita, Taiwan spends more than twice as much as China on Pacific aid.
  • 21 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Can small island nations of the Pacific survive?

    Bruce Hill
    Independence, dependence, or interdependence – the challenges for micro-countries are growing as populations move.
  • 20 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Climate change

    Climate change, at the frontlines

    Wesley Morgan
    Pacific islands have declared climate change the “single greatest threat” to security, a significant shift in language. 
  • 19 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: polio in PNG, farm visa delay, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    How logging puts women at risk in Solomon Islands, ADB outreach, Nauru’s future, and other links from the region.
  • 14 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    We already have an agricultural visa

    Stephen Howes
    <p>Existing Pacific and Timor Leste programs already meet the labour needs of Australian farms – so why change?</p>
  • 12 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    The pointy end for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

    Luke Dawes
    The forum has past success in mediating bitter disputes, but faces a sharp test with regional independence movements.
  • 5 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: who talks, who walks, at the Forum

    Alexandre Dayant
    China-Taiwan tensions on display, journalist restrictions, and other stories from the Pacific islands region.
  • 4 Sep 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Australia

    Regional security dilemma in the Pacific

    Jenny Hayward-Jones
    Pacific leaders are openly despairing of Australia’s climate change policy and markedly differ on security priorities.
  • 23 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    New faces and absent friends in Pacific diplomacy

    Tess Newton Cain
    The agenda of the recent Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting in Apia was marked as much by those attending as those missing.
  • 21 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Selling a Pacific paradise: upholding the façade

    Joseph Cheer , Stephen Pratt , Denis Tolkach
    Tourism has the potential to enable development outcomes for Pacific Island states, but too often falls short.
  • 15 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • China
    • Climate change

    Working with China on Pacific climate change

    Lucie Greenwood
    Tackling a difficult problem might pave a way for wider cooperation between China, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • 13 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Foreign aid and religion in the Pacific

    Bruce Hill
    Development programs aimed at nudging Pacific societies often fail against a solid wall of religiously based objections.
  • 9 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Shining more light on aid in the Pacific

    Jonathan Pryke , Alexandre Dayant
    The Pacific Aid Map, an interactive data tool, will improve aid transparency and accountability in the Pacific.
  • 8 Aug 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: PNG spice, talking to the region

    Alexandre Dayant
    Mapping aid in the Pacific, questions about infrastructure and more links about the Pacific by The Interpreter team.
  • 25 Jul 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: betel nut danger, Nauru mine, more

    Alexandre Dayant
    China’s “Peace Ark” sails to Vanuatu and other stories from the Pacific Islands region.
  • 11 Jul 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: Melanesian arts festival, more

    Erin Harris
    <p>China offers pre-APEC meeting with Pacific leaders, the ABC in the Pacific, Solomon Islands resilience, and more</p>
  • 27 Jun 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: tourism, PNG unrest, more

    Erin Harris
    Riots in the PNG Highlands, Vanuatu’s PM in Canberra, tourism as a growth driver, and more updates from the Pacific.
  • 13 Jun 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: World Oceans Day, Marshall Islands climate finance, and more

    Erin Harris
    <p>Links and updates from across the Pacific.</p>
  • 30 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: Fiji sedition trial, Belt and Road in PNG, and more

    Erin Harris
    Links and updates from across the Pacific islands.
  • 25 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Fiji

    Sedition and Pacific media freedom

    Nic Maclellan
    Amid recent budget cuts, a positive court ruling is a welcome step towards improved media reporting.
  • 24 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    A “delicious” visit

    Alexandre Dayant
    Emmanuel Macron’s trip to the Pacific is a reminder of French maritime power, yet be cautious about the idea of France balancing China.
  • 16 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: PACER Plus, Vanuatu plastics ban, and more

    Erin Harris
    Links and updates from across the Pacific.
  • 9 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: Talanoa Dialogue, Press freedom, and more

    Erin Harris
    Links and updates from across the Pacific
  • 7 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Working with China in the Pacific

    Tess Newton Cain , Anna Powles , Jose Sousa-Santos
    Development partners, and Pacific nations themselves, need to be better coordinated.
  • 2 May 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: natural resources in PNG, Macron in the Pacific, and Samoan debt

    Jonathan Pryke
    Links and updates from across the Pacific islands.
  • 27 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Temper expectations for Britain’s “Pacific pivot”

    Jonathan Pryke
    Australia and New Zealand have far more at stake in the region than dollars and cents.
  • 25 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific links: UK diplomacy, China–Vanuatu relations, and more

    Erin Harris
    Links and updates from across the Pacific islands.
  • 24 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • Emerging Donors

    Britain’s new Pacific presence

    Cleo Paskal
    The UK announced three new diplomatic posts in the Pacific, bringing a new voice to regional strategic discussions.
  • 18 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands
    • China
    • Indonesia

    Caught in a pincer

    Ben Bohane
    The biggest destabilising player in Melanesia over the past five years has not been China, but Indonesia.
  • 18 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific islands links: Vanuatu’s China wharf, leaders in London, elections, and more

    Jonathan Pryke
    Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team.
  • 16 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Commonwealth Games: medals, babies, and nation-building

    Tess Newton Cain
    Pacific island countries, especially, win big in a breakthrough event.
  • 11 Apr 2018
    • Pacific Islands

    Pacific Islands links: Vanuatu base talk, PNG unplugged, medals, and more

    Jonathan Pryke
    Links and stories from around the Pacific by The Interpreter team.
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