Last week, Pacific leaders and officials discussed the region’s ocean governance in Nadi, law enforcement in Koror, a potential Australia–Pacific COP31 in Suva, and Melanesian security, the climate ...

Pyongyang is reaping the benefits of its relationship with Moscow. South Korea’s new president wants to woo them back. With no diplomatic solution to the war in Ukraine that satisfies Moscow, the odds ...

Beijing has taken steps to increase its influence in the island region at the same time as its aid levels decline. According to the Chinese government, Beijing has funded more than 100 aid projects in ...

Dr Michael Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies, Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University, and Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS. He is ...

During the Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders’ meeting held in Port Vila in August, Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka advocated the concept of a “zone of peace”. He returned to this theme in ...

After months of uncertainty about its future, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week confirmed the near-total gutting of USAID. With some 83 per cent of programs officially cut, the announcement ...

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) war with the Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) started in the 1920s, hit pause during the decade of anti-Japanese war and the Second World War, then culminated ...

The announcement on the sidelines of the 2023 Pacific Islands Forum by Australia and Tuvalu of the “Falepili Union” is the most significant development for Australia and a Pacific Island nation for ...

Environmental damage and gendered violence are flashpoints on the tiny island dominated by US troops. Japanese governments have allowed US bases in Okinawa in exchange for a US commitment to defend ...

The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the south-western Indian Ocean, 1,122 kilometres north of Mauritius, is currently a hive of construction activity. India sought access ...

With youth unemployment of up to 40 per cent, India’s challenges will not be solved by boosting manufacturing subsidies alone. The politically inconvenient reality is that world-leading growth rates ...

The decades-old dispute between Russia and Japan over the status of the Kuril Islands is far from over. Tokyo, which refers to the islands as the Northern Territories, still insists on a peace treaty ...