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Cooperation, Coordination, and Strategic Denial: Echoes and Lessons from Cold War Oceania
By Jonah Bock
With a fundamentally different playing field today, the United States and its Western partners should adapt, if not adopt, the strategies of the Cold War.
Solomon Islands PM Manele’s Foreign Visits: More Than a Mere Balancing Act
By Cherry Hitkari
Jeremiah Manele's visits to Australia and China highlight his pressing domestic challenges – and outside powers' longstanding policy failures toward the region.
This Year’s Pacific Island Elections Have 1 Thing in Common
By Kerryn Baker
In a busy year of Pacific Island elections, a worrying gender disparity is evident. This has implications for the quality of democracy in the region.
Women, Peace, and Security in the Pacific
By Heather Wrathall and Elizabeth Kopel
The Pacific Islands region is not immune to the scourge of gender-based violence, an insidious form of social instability with much wider implications.
Pair of Cyclones Highlights Vanuatu’s Vulnerability
By Dechlan Brennan
A series of natural disasters in Vanuatu has brought into sharp focus the impacts of climate change on the Pacific islands.
Why France-US Relations Matter for the Pacific
By Guy C. Charlton and Xiang Gao
Increased French-U.S. cooperation in the region should be welcome news to Pacific Island states.
The Big Problem With Labor’s ‘Plan to Build a Stronger Pacific Family’
By Corey Lee Bell
The Pacific Islands are not interested in being Australia’s – or China’s – “little brothers.”
Amid Pandemic, Pacific Islands Work to Offset Food Shortages
By Associated Press
With a food crisis looming, some in the Pacific are turning back to traditional small scale home farming.
Who Will Lead the Pacific Islands Forum?
By Nic Maclellan
Amid shifting geopolitical tides, the race is on to choose a new secretary general for the PIF.
Australia and the Pacific Respond to Coronavirus Outbreak
By Joshua Mcdonald
Beyond China, Australia was one of the first countries to confirm a case of the virus.
China’s Pacific Challenge
By Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
China's outreach to Pacific island states is gaining steam, to the chagrin of other regional powers.
How Pacific Islands Leverage the China-Taiwan Tug of War
By Alexandre Dayant
The Pacific is a diplomatic battlefield, with the island countries themselves as the main players.
Australia's Pacific Step-Up: More Than Just Talk
By Grant Wyeth
Australia's Pacific outreach is picking up steam.
Australia’s Domestic Politics Hamstrings Its Pacific Foreign Policy
By Grant Wyeth
In the Pacific, climate change is an existential threat. Australia’s domestic unease on the issue hinders its foreign policy.
Shining a Light on Pacific Island Diplomacy
By Jenny Hayward-Jones
Thinking of the Pacific Islands as a bloc obscures the complexity of the individual interests of each nation.
China to Gift Hydrographic and Surveillance Vessel to Fiji
By Ankit Panda
The transfer marks growing ties between Beijing and Suva.
Australia’s Pacific Island Myopia
By Matthew Dornan
Overreacting to China’s presence in the Pacific Islands is actually undermining Australia's image in the region.
Japan's Pacific Island Push
By Daniel Hurst
The Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting provided an opportunity for Japan to respond to Chinese influence in the region.
A Southern Pacific Base for the Chinese Navy in Vanuatu?
By Ankit Panda
Is China pursuing a naval installation at Vanuatu?
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.
Australia to Welcome More Pacific Islanders With New Visa Program
By Grant Wyeth
The new Pacific Labor Scheme will allow 2,000 people from Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu to work in parts of Australia for up to three years.
'Small and Far': Pacific Island States Gather at Annual Forum
By Grant Wyeth
The 16 states are meeting this week to discuss regional challenges, particularly climate change.
Divergent Currents: Addressing Armed Violence in the Caribbean and Pacific
By Shmuel Levin
The two regions' diverging strategies have lessons for the world.
The Bear Returns to the South Pacific: Russia Sends Arms to Fiji
By Roman Madaus
Could Russian arms shipments to Fiji mark incipient great power competition in the region?
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