Time to link diplomacy to action—climate change is at our doorstep
Thursday
13th May
2021
If there was need of any reminder of the growing threat of climate change in Palau, it was the devastation…
Category Archive: Feature series
Precarious moment: Vanuatu court to rule on prime minister’s fate
Monday
12th July
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Vanuatu’s court of appeal will sit today to decide the political fate of the…
Road to COP26: Timeline of Pacific diplomacy
Thursday
5th August
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | ‘Climate diplomacy’ encompasses the interactions, practices and protocols through which state and non-state…
(Re)focus on New Caledonia
Monday
22nd November
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | On 12 December 2021, the people of New Caledonia will go to the…
As Australia deploys troops and police, what now for Solomon Islands?
Friday
26th November
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | On Thursday evening, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australia would deploy police, diplomats and…
COP26: Pacific participation and responses
Tuesday
14th December
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN AND REBEKAH GENTNER | With the benefit of a little distance and perspective, we can…
Solomon Islands stress: What happened, why and what does it all mean?
Monday
7th February
2022
TESS NEWTON CAIN | The events of November 2021 in Honiara drew much…
Pacific resilience tested on multiple fronts
Monday
14th February
2022
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It was quite the year for the Pacific islands in 2021. Countries have had…
This is where we live: Has Australia been a good neighbour in the Pacific?
Friday
29th April
2022
TESS NEWTON CAIN | I was once asked “why should Australians care about what happens in the Pacific?…
Japan and the Pacific—introducing PALM
Thursday
12th May
2022
ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | The Pacific Leaders Meeting (PALM) is a summit-level meeting that began…