Oceania

As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.

No date has been announced for the referendum yet, but the decision has critical ramifications not just for First Nations people in Australia but Canberra’s international reputation.

There is still time for the U.S. to influence the trajectory of New Zealand's foreign policy. 

With Macron's visit to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea, he has a chance to address France's shaken legitimacy in the Pacific.

3 people, including the gunman, died in a rare shooting incident the day of New Zealand’s opening World Cup match.

The scheme, engineered to claw back funds supposedly overpaid to welfare recipients, was broken and cruel from the start. Despite a royal commission’s findings, its political backers are unlikely to face punishment.

A recent poll shows Australians are generally supportive of current efforts to stabilize the relationship, but there are also acute fears that Beijing poses a security threat to Australia.

Protecting its citizens from the CCP’s extraterritorial reach will be a major test of the resilience of Australia’s liberal democracy. 

In recent months, the Albanese government has been selective about where, when, and how it raises the country's troubles.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will attend the NATO summit in Lithuania, not long after his first visit to China.

Newly strengthened military ties with Fiji and Japan contrast with the amicable meeting between Prime Minister Hipkins and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Modern slavery ranges from debt bondage and forced child labor to sexual exploitation.