Oceania

Soft power circulates, with South Korea’s K-Pop influencing Australia at the same time Australia's self-image as an Asian country continues to evolve.

Reducing emissions is only part of the story. Australia must also plan for adapting to the impacts of climate change.

Maybe Australia should stop trying to find symbolic worth in the past and instead focus on what kind of country it wants to be in the future.

The wellbeing of our nation should be at the forefront of our minds right now – and we need to get the history right.

A decision to provide intelligence support for future U.S. and U.K. airstrikes on Yemen is highly symbolic.

PNG, recently rocked by riots, is likely to declare itself a “Christian nation” in early 2024.

The state of emergency in Papua New Guinea, declared following unprecedented riots, underscores the complex challenge of balancing public order with civil liberties.

The diplomatic battle between Taipei and Beijing is but one arena where Nauru is flexing muscle that greatly exceeds its demographic and geographic size.

In the immediate aftermath of Taiwan’s elections, in which the DPP retained the presidency, Nauru announced its decision to establish diplomatic relations with China. 

No other country celebrates the dismantling of one Indigenous group’s way of life as their national day like Australia does.

What is most important to Australia is that the status quo is maintained across the Taiwan Strait.

At 2023 came to a close, Australia found itself facing a bevy of difficult issues both at home and abroad.

Moving beyond the “no” campaign, conservative political parties across Australia are working to further erode Indigenous reconciliation movements, such as the various Treaty processes.

Three possible plot twists, in particular, threaten to profoundly set back the newly recovered relationship.

The United States has reinforced its presence in Oceania through the permanent deployment of a new U.S. Coast Guard cutter to the region.

In rejecting a request to send a vessel to join Operation Prosperity Guardian, a U.S.-led military operation, Canberra has made a calculation that its focus needs to be closer to home.

Australia’s diplomatic reset with China is complete, it’s time to talk about human rights.

The new government’s foreign policy priorities could jeopardize New Zealand’s relationships with Pacific Island countries. 

Australia has an opportunity to play a more proactive role in coordinating a regional framework to address security concerns across numerous domains.

Australia aims to shift the overall character of its migration system away from temporary migration and toward permanent residence and citizenship.

In less than two years, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has gone from clear choice to fighting for majority support in the polls. What happened?

As the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly called for a ceasefire in Gaza, why were Pacific Island states overrepresented in opposition, abstention, and absence?

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), including the Pacific countries, was not present when the final text of the Global Stocktake was passed.

For the island nations of the Pacific, the threat of rising sea levels due to climate change is already a reality.