Solomon Islands

The world must dramatically curb the emission of the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. But protecting the right 30 percent of our ocean will buy us time. 

The Pacific is no tranquil backwater but rather a dynamic frontier of global geopolitics.

Jeremiah Manele's visits to Australia and China highlight his pressing domestic challenges – and outside powers' longstanding policy failures toward the region.

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.

Whatever window of opportunity the election presented for a change of course on the geopolitical front has closed. But Manele has an opportunity still to deflate regional tensions.

The four-time prime minister says he won’t contest for the top office, with the election results repudiating in part the geopolitical direction he’s led the Solomon islands.

An interview with journalist Edward Acton Cavanough on the domestic dynamics driving Solomon Islands to geopolitical prominence.

Despite domestic political headwinds, Biden’s engagement at the second U.S.-Pacific Islands summit was welcomed, as were newly announced funds, initiatives and an expanding diplomatic footprint.

As Honiara denies its new security pact with China poses a threat to the Pacific, it would behoove the West to consider what it is the Solomons want and need from their partners.

An interview with Michael Wesley about his history of Australia and the international intervention Canberra led in the Solomon Islands.

The opposition politician has been removed by a parliamentary vote of no confidence in the Solomon Islands, resulting in protests and further accusations of Chinese interference.

Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele explained why his government was going to refuse to sign the pact.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the delay was necessary because the state is hosting the Pacific Games next year. Others see it as a power grab.

In playing China off against Australia and other allies Sogavare is engaged in a fairly rational game of maximizing the number of resources Solomon Islands can secure.

Eighty years after the Guadalcanal Campaign, Solomon Islands has once again drawn U.S. strategic interest.

The Pacific’s youth will shape the future of their Great Ocean States, understanding them is critical.

"We're very aware of what the Chinese government's ambitions are in the Pacific,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.

The United States must do more than “be visible” in Solomon Islands; it must actually make a difference in people’s lives.

If we want Solomon Islanders to have a safe future, our people must embrace vaccinations everywhere, on all islands, from the coast to the mountains and the valleys.

The Pacific nations of Kiribati, Samoa, and the Solomon Islands are facing their first significant outbreaks of COVID-19.

The hosts discuss the late-2021 violence in the Solomon Islands and the U.S.-hosted Summit for Democracy.

The Pacific Islands have not been overlooked by the White House, although the region’s democracies face challenges, too.

The protests began on Wednesday, when hundreds of protestors marched on the parliamentary precinct in the capital Honiara.

A recent report illustrates that the people of the Pacific believe corruption is a massive problem for both them and their governments.