To bubble or not to bubble – there are Pacific questions
Monday
18th May
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It should not come as a surprise to learn that there have been…
Category Archive: Commentary
Coronavirus fears and controversial passport sales: Vanuatu’s election explained
Wednesday
18th March
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Despite the fact there are no confirmed cases COVID-19 in Vanuatu so far, the…
Despite its Pacific ‘step-up’, Australia is still not listening to the region, new research shows
Monday
17th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Australian government has spent the past year promoting its “Pacific step-up” as one…
It’s election year in Vanuatu…things could get interesting
Friday
7th February
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Into the already febrile political chatter of Port Vila in this election year came…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 9 September
Wednesday
9th September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Solomon Islands political tensions In Solomon Islands, tensions between the provincial government of Malaita…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 16 September
Wednesday
16th September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Papua New Guinea seeks further loans for economic bailout Papua New Guinea has passed…
Pacific Finance and Economic Ministers meet online
Thursday
20th August
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Earlier this month the Finance and Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum member…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 23 September
Wednesday
23rd September
2020
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fallout in Samoa after Deputy Prime Minister resigns In Samoa, the Prime Minister,…
Regionalism in retreat
Monday
15th February
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Prophesies of the end of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as we know it…
With five countries set to quit, is it curtains for the Pacific Islands Forum?
Tuesday
16th February
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It has been a bruising couple of weeks for the Pacific Islands Forum after…