A climate for change in the Pacific
Tuesday
10th November
2020
Pacific island states hope to work with a new administration in the White House to galvanise global action on climate…
Category Archive: Commentary
25 years of the Mekong River Commission: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Thursday
16th April
2020
Last week marked the 25th anniversary since Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam signed the Mekong Agreement to develop and protect…
Mekong River: Turning declaration into actions
Friday
14th April
2023
ANDREA HAEFNER | Australia has been engaged in the Mekong region for decades, including supporting the Mekong River Commission.
Access to education and its impact on gender disparity in Laos
Wednesday
19th August
2020
For the Asia Pacific Women thought leadership series, Andrea Haefner discusses access to education and its impact on gender disparity…
Pacific Outlook Bulletin | 26 April
Wednesday
26th April
2023
TESS NEWTON CAIN | UK Foreign Minister visits Pacific The UK Foreign Secretary, Hon James Cleverly, visited the Pacific…
Abe’s domestic failings may cost Japan—and the region—dearly
Monday
15th June
2020
Abe’s domestic failings may cost Japan—and the region—dearly?” article published at The Strategist, written by Griffith Asia Institute adjunct researcher,…
Boosting maritime law enforcement in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea
Tuesday
8th February
2022
MICHAEL HEAZLE | Five and a half years on from the international arbitral tribunal’s rejection of China’s expansive…
Reeling in illegal fishing is crucial to Australia’s maritime security
Thursday
18th May
2023
MELISSA CONLEY TYLER, MICHAEL HEAZLE, JADE LINDLEY AND SHARON COWDEN | Combating illegal, unreported and…
Return to Empire: Belarus surrenders its sovereignty
Friday
4th June
2021
MATTHEW SUSSEX | The decision by Alexander Lukashenka’s autocratic government to force a Ryan Air passenger jet to…
Learning in the grey zone: how democracies can meet the authoritarian challenge
Monday
26th July
2021
MATTHEW SUSSEX | Innovation by authoritarian nations in the ‘grey zone’ is becoming one of the most serious…