Cold war in paradise―Labor’s new diplomacy in the Pacific
Tuesday
14th June
2022
TIM HARCOURT | Did you hear? There’s a cold war in Paradise. China’s geo-strategic thrust into the Pacific caught the…
Category Archive: Commentary
2050: A Pacific geostrategic vision for the world’s only Blue Continent
Tuesday
9th August
2022
AUDREY AUMUA AND SOLI MIDDLEBY | Considering recent commentary on the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and Pacific regionalism, you…
The Pacific Step-up: Drowning not waving
Friday
20th May
2022
PAUL SLATER | In 1999, tensions between ethnic groups in Solomon Islands were rising. For anyone who cared to…
Not the Indo-Pacific: A Melanesian view on strategic competition
Monday
24th April
2023
PATRICK KAIKU | Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare recently affirmed his country’s adherence to the “friend to all, enemy to…
Emerging disease and emerging economies: The capacity of Pacific health systems in the face of COVID-19
Friday
27th March
2020
How will Pacific Island and Territories respond to the global pandemic, Covid19.
The great ‘Global Coronavirus Crisis’ and the PICs
Friday
8th May
2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the globe very hard, especially given the economies were still recovering from the…
Monetary policy statement by the Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea
Monday
25th May
2020
The spread of Coronavirus, Covid-19, and its adverse impact through the disruption of production and supply chains, commodity and capital…
Capacity building and central banking in the Pacific
Friday
29th May
2020
COVID-19 has no doubt brought back to the policymaking table many lingering, once believed to be settled, issues—much more than…
COVID-19 and Solomon Islands: How is the economy holding up?
Tuesday
9th June
2020
With the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic around the world, attention has turned to its impact on the Pacific…
COVID-19 Pandemic—discussion and information sharing is vital
Thursday
11th June
2020
COVID-19 has stormed the world by surprise. Its intensity, ferocity, and velocity of cross-border transmission have so far strained global…