Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 11 November
Wednesday
11th November
2020
New President in Palau Palau has a new leader. The new President is Surangel Whipps. His opponent in the…
Category Archive: Commentary
Nuclear Ban Treaty: Wishful thinking over realism
Friday
6th November
2020
Lacking enforcement mechanisms or a practical path toelimination, the treaty has little chance of being effective. You could be…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 4 November
Wednesday
4th November
2020
Controversial funding of biomedical start-up in Papua New Guinea Government funding of a biomedical start-up in PNG has caused controversy.
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 28 October
Wednesday
28th October
2020
Candidate registrations conclude in Samoa The period for registration of candidates in Samoa has concluded. This is part of the…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 21 October
Wednesday
21st October
2020
New security centre to be located in Vanuatu The government of Australia has announced that its Fusion Centre will be…
Social media and democracy in the Philippines
Monday
19th October
2020
The digitalisation of almost every aspect of civic life has brought forth a new constitutional moment. The hyper-connectivity of peoples…
China’s image problem is worsening globally. It’s time for Beijing to consider a diplomatic reset
Thursday
15th October
2020
As the increasingly virulent anti-China rhetoric has made clear in recent months, China has not been very popular in countries…
COVID-19 rhetoric and governance in the Philippines
Wednesday
14th October
2020
COVID-19 cases in Philippines continue to rise daily by the thousands. The continued high number of COVID-19 cases in the…
Thought Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis was a pre-election shocker? Wait until he plays the Taiwan card
Friday
9th October
2020
The world was shocked, if not entirely surprised, by US President Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis earlier this month. But there…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 7 October
Wednesday
7th October
2020
New Caledonia referendum on independence The people of New Caledonia have voted in a referendum on whether they should become…