Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 12 August
Wednesday
12th August
2020
In this week’s Pacific bulletin, Tess Newton Cain looks at COVID-19 flares in PNG, Seasonal Workers Scheme re-opens on a…
Category Archive: Feature series
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6th August
2021
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6th September
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Tuesday
12th September
2017
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Wednesday
27th September
2017
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Thursday
28th September
2017
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On a Trumpian track for the next Middle East war
Monday
23rd October
2017
PETER LAYTON | In some respects, US President Donald Trump and the Iranian theocratic regime deserve each other. Neither respect…
Reading between the lines of North Korea’s letter
Wednesday
25th October
2017
PETER LAYTON | The Foreign Affairs Committee of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly has been busy sending open letters to…
How should Australia defend itself against a rising China?
Monday
20th November
2017
PETER LAYTON | The rise of China is the big international relations issue of our time. Unsurprisingly then, various solutions…