Oceania

Within the PIF, leadership has typically rotated between Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian states. Until now, it seems.

COVID-19 has highlighted the reactive nature of Australia's approach to digital infrastructure development in the region.

A debt trap? Not quite. But PNG’s telecom industry is a showcase example of how debt to China weighs down governments and constrains choices.

Canberra now has a plan to begin vaccinations, but hesitancy has been on the rise among Australians.

A self-declared king presents a unique problem for the Autonomous Bougainville Government as it moves toward independence.

Protesters called for Australia Day – bitterly referred to as “Invasion Day” – to be abolished.

Australia is noted in the document not nearly as often as Japan, South Korea, or India, but that likely underscores the already tight relations between the two countries.

The growing cost of sub-standard climate policies on Australia’s international standing may soon outweigh any domestic political gains.

The emergence of a much more contagious variant of COVID-19 comes as Australia rolls out vaccines. 

Canberra long assumed it could work with any party in Washington – but is that still true after Trump?

Yes, the potential sale of Digicel to China is concerning. But Australia should think twice before swooping in on the troubled company.

Beyond environmental questions, the project’s long term and more troubling impact may be the altering of the political conditions on the frozen continent.