FSM, Tuvalu back UN push for methane cuts, seek stronger global accountability
Pacific island leaders are calling for stronger international action on methane emissions, arguing that one of the world's most powerful greenhouse gases is fueling...
Pacific Civil Society condemns China ICBM test, urges leaders to reject all military build-up
A coalition of Pacific regional civil society organisations has condemned China's recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test across the Pacific Ocean and called on...
China officials warned over ‘provocative’ missile test
Australia has raised concerns about Beijing's missile launch into the Pacific with multiple levels of Chinese officials as one minister declares the test the...
NZ ‘should not be fazed’ by any objection from China to Pacific defence alliance
The Foreign Minister says China might call it an act of provocation to join the Ocean of Peace Alliance, but New Zealand should not...
Tuna Wars: one of the world’s most dangerous jobs
According to fisheries officials in the Pacific, one of the most difficult to pin down breaches when it comes to overfishing is the ability...
Threats may change, but geography doesn’t. It’s time for Australia to be a good neighbour to the Pacific
By Joanne Wallis, Professor of International Security, Adelaide University and Jack Corbett, Professor, Politics and International Relations, Monash University
In the past week, Prime Minister...
Pacific Islands reject missile test in ‘blue continent’
Pacific Islands denounced China’s ballistic missile test because they say it landed in the heart of their shared “blue continent”, politicians and analysts told...
Vanuatu urged to strengthen defences against rising Pacific drug threat
A researcher from the Australian National University (ANU) has warned that while Vanuatu is not currently a major hub for Pacific drug trafficking, the...
Tuna Wars: Cracking down on illegal fishing
It's all systems go at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency in Solomon Islands.
Around a long table, fisheries, maritime and law enforcement personnel from...
You’re not anybody’s friend’: In Jude’s line of work, you can be ‘disappeared’
The Pacific tuna fishery supplies more than half of the world's catch. But its abundance has made it a target for illegal fishing.
By...
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