8 Aug 2024
Economic diplomacy: Banking on the Pacific
Rebuilding regional banking is unlikely to pay dividends without an underlying business revival.
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11 Apr 2024
Pacific Engagement Visas: New developments but quotas unknown
Australia’s highly competitive new visa lottery has much leg work to do to make fair allocations between countries. -
15 Mar 2024
A “climate defence force” for the Pacific
By harnessing human, environmental and resource security, Canberra can counter Beijing’s coercive tactics in the region. -
6 Feb 2024
A new China loan threatens Vanuatu’s debt outlook
A new major infrastructure project could leave the country on the road to debt distress. -
31 Jan 2024
Golden passports and visas: Two sides of the coin
These schemes get plenty of bad press, but for a country like Vanuatu, suddenly scrapping them could be worse. -
23 Nov 2023
Digital dominoes: Australia’s strategic play in the Pacific
Enhancing the region’s digital connectivity goes beyond influence. It’s about sharing prosperity and security, too. -
2 Nov 2023
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
International assistance is not keeping up with intensifying rate and scale of disasters in the region. -
29 Sep 2023
Japan risks its reputation in Oceania with Fukushima discharge
A rollcall of Pacific Island nations have very different views on the release of treated radioactive wastewater. -
22 Sep 2023
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
Recognising that it cannot go it alone, Washington needs to coordinate its development efforts with like-minded partners. -
15 Aug 2023
Vanuatu: No confidence, but in whom?
Australian diplomacy must be examined after a supposed security deal leaves the local government teetering. -
25 Nov 2022
Riots serve an unexpected lesson in the Pacific
A new report on civil unrest in the region calls for a longer and wider lens in analysing reasons and rationales. -
18 Nov 2022
Strengthening disaster resilience in the Pacific
The aftermath of Tonga’s massive volcanic eruption holds valuable lessons as climate change risks also grow. -
13 Sep 2022
Why Indonesia’s engagement with Pacific countries matters
Sovereignty, trust and mutual benefit are all at stake when so many regions come together under the Indo-Pacific banner. -
25 Jul 2022
From Port Vila to the Peace Palace
Why and how Australia should support Vanuatu in taking climate change to the world’s highest court. -
27 Jun 2022
Pacific labour mobility and the existential threat of climate change
Australia needs to walk the walk on emissions, migration targets and resettlements to make itself a good neighbour. -
7 Oct 2021
Pacific Step-Up needs a Covid-era reboot
Australia must bolster its vaccine assistance with practical fixes, starting with energy and cold-storage solutions. -
16 Oct 2020
Keeping West Papua on the agenda
During Covid, the independence campaign could have been forgotten. But a new generation of activists is forging ahead. -
23 Jul 2020
Vanuatu: A real test for local emergency response
With Covid-19 restrictions isolating the island country, Cyclone Harold forced a new approach to disaster management. -
20 Nov 2019
China, media freedom in the Pacific, and the great Australian silence
Media freedom issues bedevil the region, but it’s the dwindling number of Pacific-based journalists that carries a cost. -
19 Sep 2019
China-Taiwan: Solomon Islands’ switch and a “new normal”
Should the US and Australia really be surprised that Pacific nations see China filling a vacuum? -
10 Apr 2018
The many questions about China’s Vanuatu ambition
Talk of a Chinese military base in Vanuatu should provoke tough questions in Australia, but not undue alarm. -
1 Feb 2018
Vanuatu: flailing, not drowning
Development finance is fraught with issues, but won’t be solved with geopolitical bun fights. -
6 Dec 2017
Pacific island links: PNG snapshots, the French PM in New Caledonia, Mini Games and more
Updates on developments across the Pacific. -
25 Oct 2017
Pacific island links: Manus closure, Evara's death, caretaker mode in New Caledonia and more
Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific. -
18 Oct 2017
Pacific island links: PNG politics, Ambae, Tsai’s visit and more
Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific. -
4 Oct 2017
Pacific island links: Ambae evacuation, violence in Mendi, French Polynesia and more
The evacuation of Vanuatu's Ambae Island, a winner declared in South Highlands province, Cook Islands a developing nation for now and more. -
10 Feb 2017
Tanna: Bare feet on the Oscars red carpet
Tanna takes us inside an ancient yet contemporary world that very few people will ever experience. -
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