Fixing Australia’s failing Pacific Step-up strategy
Monday
2nd May
2022
PETER LAYTON | Publicly, Australia’s Pacific Step-up aims to win friends and influence people. Behind…
Pacific Islands
Australia’s new regional context: Pacific island futures and air power possibilities
Thursday
19th March
2020
PETER LAYTON | In the Australian strategic consciousness the Pacific islands looms very large. There is more…
Discontinued: America’s continuous bomber presence
Monday
11th May
2020
The symbolism of the Chinese sending their brand-new aircraft carrier to exercise in the South China Sea while the US…
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Wednesday
8th July
2020
Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry share their weekly update on Covid-19 in the Pacific.
Pacific predictions 2021
Monday
18th January
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID continues As is the case the world over, the early part…
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…
COP26: Pacific participation and responses
Tuesday
14th December
2021
TESS NEWTON CAIN AND REBEKAH GENTNER | With the benefit of a little distance and perspective,…
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…
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…
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…