The MSG will deliberate the United Liberation Movement for West Papua’s application, but some worry about angering Indonesia.

With historical and cultural links, India looks to firm up relations with Fiji.

Fiji wants countries to join its climate canoe at the latest UN climate talks.

An interview with Nic Maclellan

U.S. withdrawal from the Paris agreement is deeply concerning to leaders in the Pacific.

A former prime minister urged Fiji to better acknowledge its past, especially the 40 years indentured Indian labor.

Long motivated by a recognition war with Taiwan, China's latest diplomacy in the region takes on a strategic tone.

The 16 states are meeting this week to discuss regional challenges, particularly climate change.

"Aid dependency, resource dependency, and natural disasters remain huge challenges for the region."

Could Russian arms shipments to Fiji mark incipient great power competition in the region?

The disaster might pose an opportunity for Australia and New Zealand to bring Fiji in out of the diplomatic cold.

HMAS Canberra highlights Australia's ability to contribute to humanitarian assistance/disaster relief in the Pacific.

It was one of the South Pacific's fiercest storms on record.

New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau conducts mass surveillance of several Pacific states.

Also, the J-20 has some changes, Russia tests an ICBM, and check out the Flashpoints podcast.

With the world’s great powers calling, factionalism is increasingly present among island nations of the Pacific. It could be trouble.