Small is (sometimes) beautiful: perceptions of corruption in seven small Pacific Island countries
By Grant Walton
Over the past few years the Pacific has been a hive of anti-corruption activity. Pacific Island nations have introduced new anti-corruption...
One year of war against Ukraine: acting together to ensure international law will prevail
By Josep Borrell
24 February 2022 will forever be recalled as the day when Russia started its brutal, unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. This...
Pacific migrant workers share their stories of human rights and climate mobility
The UN Human Rights Office has launched Pacific Climate Tales – an animated video series where migrant workers from the Pacific region share their...
Opinion: Riding the wave of digital innovation – how the Pacific’s digital services sector...
By Caleb Jarvis, Trade and Investment Commissioner, PTI Australia
From media to development strategies, industry transformations to education, we are seeing unequivocally that the future...
Pacific migrant workers share their stories of human rights and climate mobility
The UN Human Rights Office has launched Pacific Climate Tales – an animated video series where migrant workers from the Pacific region share their...
How Australia can counter China’s Pacific ambitions
By Rory Medcalf
Like empires past, Xi Jinping’s China seeks three grand prizes in the Pacific: wealth, control and presence. Australia and other Pacific nations...
PIF SG statement on the resumed fifth session Intergovernmental Conference on the BBNJ process
By Henry Puna, Forum Secretary General & Pacific Ocean Commissioner
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi,...
Why has a Canadian company partnered with the tiny island of Nauru to fast-track...
By Joanna Chiu
Brown-black discharge gushed out of a pipe from a hulking ship, dispersing murky clouds of sediment into the international waters of...
Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans
By Jack Graham
Delegates from up to 193 UN member states resume talks in New York on Monday in an effort to wrap up...
Marking one year since the release of the administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy
Following the release of the Indo-Pacific Strategy in February 2022, the United States, in coordination with allies and partners, has taken historic strides to...
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Sea level rise could redefine sovereignty, but Pacific leaders are pushing back
Sea level rise is no longer just an environmental crisis for the Pacific; it is a legal challenge striking at the heart of sovereignty,...
Tonga launches e-passport project to boost security
The Kingdom of Tonga has officially begun its e-passport journey.
Tonga convened the inaugural Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting for the Tonga e-passport Project, a...
Trust and cooperation needed for Pacific Climate action
Climate mobility processes will attract greater support if it is recognised as a security and stability concern.
Participants at a regional workshop in Fiji heard...