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PIF
February 18, 2023
Japan Briefs Pacific Islands on Fukushima Wastewater Release Plan
By Grant Wyeth
For Pacific Islanders, who feel a strong guardianship over the Pacific Ocean, Japan’s plan to release contaminated water into the ocean is of critical importance.
July 13, 2022
The Politics Behind Who is Attending the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting
By Patricia O’Brien
Dialogue partners were disinvited from the PIF meeting this week as the organization wrestles with internal divisions. But U.S. Vice President Harris got to speak virtually to the forum anyway.
February 08, 2021
A Tiff at PIF? Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Change Triggers Frustration
By Grant Wyeth
Within the PIF, leadership has typically rotated between Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian states. Until now, it seems.
September 10, 2018
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.
August 13, 2018
What Drives Indonesia's Pacific Island Strategy?
By Grant Wyeth
Jakarta is courting Pacific Island states, hoping to change regional positions on the West Papua issue.
July 10, 2018
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.
September 17, 2012
Russia's "Checkbook Diplomacy" in the South Pacific
Moscow is turning to financially vulnerable South Pacific nations to promote its foreign policy agenda thousands of miles away.
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