Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 1 September
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 resurges in French Polynesia In French Polynesia, the number of COVID-19 cases has surged once…











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TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 resurges in French Polynesia In French Polynesia, the number of COVID-19 cases has surged once…
Political impasse in Samoa gets closer to resolution It looks like the long and drawn-out political impasse in Samoa is…
DICKY BUDIMAN | Indonesia is currently experiencing a massive spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths, as experts (including myself)…
ROWAN CALLICK | Two months ago The Economist castigated Japan for its obduracy—one dictionary definition, “stubborn persistence in wrongdoing”—for…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Significant changes mooted ahead of elections in PNG Papua New Guinea is scheduled to hold…
TONY MAKIN | Since the early 1990s, international trade growth has persistently eclipsed foreign investment growth in the…
ROWAN CALLICK | China was front of mind as the ANZUS Treaty was framed, was signed and came into…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Fiji COVID-19 crisis The COVID-19 crisis in Fiji continues to dominate the news…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Regional trade and economic meetings The trade and economic officials and ministers of the…
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Court of Appeal decision is a reset for Samoa In Samoa, a prolonged political…