What deals is China pursuing in the Pacific and why is everyone so worried?
By Helen Livingstone
Why is everyone talking about China in the Pacific all of a sudden?
China’s ambitions in the Pacific first attracted renewed attention...
Five things we learned about China’s ambitions for the Pacific from the leaked deal
Opinion by Dr Anna Powles
Ten years ago, Pacific security thinkers would debate whether Chinese engagement in the Pacific was by default or by...
Quad praises Albanese government’s higher ambition on climate
By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Quad summit in Tokyo has praised Australia raising its ambition on climate change, after Anthony...
UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping
Countries have agreed on the need to put a carbon price on shipping emissions after more than a decade of resistance, which campaigners have...
SPREP Director General Sefanaia Nawadra statement for International Day for Biodiversity 2022
Pacific Islanders who live as our forefathers lived celebrate biodiversity every day. Every day is biodiversity day.
Our native and endemic species and the habitats...
Factsheets break down key messages in latest IPCC reports
Eleven factsheets designed to convey and communicate the key findings of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report are available for all...
Pacific foreign aid has become a key election issue. What are the major parties...
Solomon Islands' signing of a significant security pact with China has made foreign aid a key election issue and brought into question Australia's role...
Youth in Fiji and Solomon Islands
By Catherine Putz
The Pacific is young. In Fiji, more than 60 percent of the population is under 35; in the Solomon Islands it’s...
Protecting the nationality of Pacific Islanders as climate change hits
The impacts of climate change drive people from their homes, what happens to their relationship with their home country?
A new report, co-authored by Scientia...
Digital Response for connecting Citizens – “Supporting the Pacific close the digital divides in...
The European Union (EU) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today launched a FJD$1.6 million project, Supporting the Pacific Close the Digital Divides in Response...
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Fiji joins U.S-led Indo-Pacific economic initiative on eve of Chinese visit
Fiji will join the U.S-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework just days before China’s foreign minister lands in the country, giving the Biden administration a victory...
Australian Foreign Minister Wong warns Pacific leaders against dangers of division over China
New Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is lobbying Pacific Island nations not to sign up to a sweeping multilateral security, economic and cyber pact...
New Zealand and allies allowed ‘vacuum’ to develop in Pacific, former foreign minister says
New Zealand and its allies have failed to listen to “alarm bells” about China’s growing influence, and allowed a “vacuum” to develop in the...