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Cook Islands
![Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-22-123024.jpg)
Shifting Models of Sovereignty in the Pacific
By Patricia O’Brien
The ambiguous and evolving status of the Cook Islands and Niue holds lessons for other Pacific powers.
![Pacific Island Nations Consider Deep-sea Mining, Despite Risks Pacific Island Nations Consider Deep-sea Mining, Despite Risks](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-06-18-3.jpg)
Pacific Island Nations Consider Deep-sea Mining, Despite Risks
By Joshua Mcdonald
Pacific Island nations are contemplating allowing deep-sea mining to bolster their economies, despite unknown environmental impacts.
![Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-30-3.jpg)
Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard
By Joshua Mcdonald
The Pacific’s lucrative tourism industry could collapse amid the lockdown on international travel.
![Polynesian Triangulation: Polynesian Leaders’ Group Expands Polynesian Triangulation: Polynesian Leaders’ Group Expands](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-braden-jarvis-383867-unsplash.jpg)
Polynesian Triangulation: Polynesian Leaders’ Group Expands
By Grant Wyeth
New Zealand, Hawaii, and Rapa Nui, the outer points of the triangle, joined the group recently.
![The Cook Islands Set to Graduate to 'Developed' Nation Status The Cook Islands Set to Graduate to 'Developed' Nation Status](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-9452637808_0d47956cfa_z.jpg)
The Cook Islands Set to Graduate to 'Developed' Nation Status
By Grant Wyeth
The OECD’s call is a positive achievement for the Pacific island nation, but also presents new challenges.
![Air New Zealand Faces Turbulence over Controversial Safety Video Air New Zealand Faces Turbulence over Controversial Safety Video](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-02-14_08-35-52.jpg)
Air New Zealand Faces Turbulence over Controversial Safety Video
By Angela Erika Kubo
Many have criticized the video for its “unoriginality” and use of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models.
![The World's Gaze Turns to the South Pacific The World's Gaze Turns to the South Pacific](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sizes/thumbnail/state.jpg)
The World's Gaze Turns to the South Pacific
With the world’s great powers calling, factionalism is increasingly present among island nations of the Pacific. It could be trouble.
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