More of the same is not the answer to building influence in the Pacific
Written by Dame Meg Taylor and Soli Middleby
Following almost a decade of geopolitically driven “stepping up”, ‘uplifting’, ‘resetting’, and “stepping up across the board”,...
Cook Islands PM Brown gets U.S Secret Service in flap
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown had the United States Secret Service “scrambling” after travelling on a public train from New York to Washington...
Marshall Islands takes U.S nuclear legacy to the Human Rights Council
Health and environmental problems linger on decades after the United States detonated 67 nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands.
It will be the second environment-related...
Cook Islands says new U.S partnership will complement regional diplomacy including relations with China
Cook Islands Prime Minister says a new partnership with the United States is compatible with its relations with China and will enhance diplomacy in...
New Zealand hosted Solomon Islands foreign minister in Parliament’s ‘rainbow room’
When Solomon Islands foreign minister Jeremiah Manele was hosted at New Zealand Parliament for a bi-lateral meeting, he was ushered into the “rainbow room”.
Same-sex...
Solomon Islands unhappy with indirect China references in draft agreement with Washington, insists it...
Solomon Islands foreign minister Jeremiah Manele said veiled references to China in an American-led Pacific declaration were one of the reasons his country was...
Solomons-New Zealand meeting ‘significant’ – Pacific security expert
Solomon Islands says consultation between Pacific nations could be improved, ahead of a foreign affairs bilateral meeting in New Zealand.
The Solomons' Foreign Affairs Minister...
PM Sogavare dubs the two-day Biden-Pacific leaders’ summit as ‘productive engagement’
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, has had a very productive engagement at the U.S President Joe Biden Summit with Pacific Island Leaders last...
Australian deputy PM Richard Marles meets Nauru president
-Australian deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, has visited Nauru on his way from Hawaii where he had met with Japan’s defence minister and the...
“See it through my lens”: the optics of fashion diplomacy
By Kate Clayton Henrietta McNeill
Last week, immediately following the conclusion of the U.S-Pacific Summit, Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary General Henry Puna tweeted...
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Free trade agreements with Pacific island nations proposed to protect regional posture
U.S Rep Ed Case has proposed a presidential initiative to negotiate free trade agreements with Pacific Island countries and extend duty-free treatment to certain...
Taiwan boosts support as Palau prepares to host Pacific Islands Forum
Taiwan is helping Palau prepare to host next year's Pacific Islands Forum, Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said on Saturday.
Lin, who was on a trip...
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Op Ed by Lagi Toribau, Technical Advisor & Lead Negotiator for Vanuatu on Deep-Sea Ecosystems
When I arrived in Nairobi for UNEA-7, I carried with...