Fighting the giant
Tuesday
17th March
2020
The threat of COVID-19 in the Pacific islands requires a disaster response mobilisation. A chief from the remote Banks islands…
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China’s footprint in the Pacific
Thursday
27th August
2020
Sheldon Chanel shares commentary on the recent "China In the Pacific" webinar as China’s footprint in the Pacific is expected…
The urgency of action: Lessons for COP26 from the COVID-19 pandemic for the Pacific
Thursday
1st July
2021
The upcoming Glasgow COP26 is pivotal. Countries are expected to significantly enhance their commitments on reducing greenhouse emissions—“ratcheting up ambition”,…
US touch and go diplomacy with Solomon Islands
Monday
15th August
2022
EILEEN NATUZZI | For the past two decades US foreign engagement with Solomon Islands has practised touch-and-go diplomacy: brief fleeting…
Cold war in paradise―Labor’s new diplomacy in the Pacific
Tuesday
14th June
2022
TIM HARCOURT | Did you hear? There’s a cold war in Paradise. China’s geo-strategic thrust into the Pacific caught the…
2050: A Pacific geostrategic vision for the world’s only Blue Continent
Tuesday
9th August
2022
AUDREY AUMUA AND SOLI MIDDLEBY | Considering recent commentary on the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and Pacific regionalism, you…
The Pacific Step-up: Drowning not waving
Friday
20th May
2022
PAUL SLATER | In 1999, tensions between ethnic groups in Solomon Islands were rising. For anyone who cared to…
Looking north: Australia’s engagement with the “Compact States”
Tuesday
17th May
2022
ISABELLA BROWN AND TESS NEWTON CAIN | The “Compact States” are those countries that are in free association with the…
Not the Indo-Pacific: A Melanesian view on strategic competition
Monday
24th April
2023
PATRICK KAIKU | Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare recently affirmed his country’s adherence to the “friend to all, enemy to…
Emerging disease and emerging economies: The capacity of Pacific health systems in the face of COVID-19
Friday
27th March
2020
How will Pacific Island and Territories respond to the global pandemic, Covid19.