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Drug cartels selling drugs in NZ and Australia are using Fiji as a waypoint – where kids as young as nine are being treated for meth addiction, while crime and HIV rates are climbing. What can be done?
Our work shows the ocean around Fiji is the hottest it has been in at least the past 653 years.
Recent tensions between the US and China can be explained by the geopolitics of sea power and the geography of near and far waters.
It’s the biggest naval exercise in the world. But for the region’s Indigenous people, it brings exploitation and environmental damage.
Many people who survived the catastrophic landslide in PNG are likely to be facing serious injuries and illness, with warnings of a significant risk of disease outbreaks in the country.
The country will vote on two proposed constitutional amendments that seek to end political instability in the country.
US Marines and Philippine forces are taking part in joint military exercises just 100 miles off the southern tip of Taiwan.
Most residents would rather their leaders focus on improving living standards in the country.
PNG naturally has its own understanding of history, as well as today’s security environment. But we shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the second world war to the PNG-Australia relationship.
With China increasingly seeking to influence Solomon Islands’ media, Australian news outlets must renew their commitment – and funding – to cover the Pacific.
A new treaty could help protect cetaceans in the Pacific, but more needs to be done internationally.
The author of a major new essay collection reflects on the shifting cultural and political realities in the Pacific, and why it remains an ‘unequal ocean’.
The new $100 million Blackrock peacekeeping training facility in Fiji has high ambitions, but will need Australia’s ongoing support to succeed.
As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen lands in Dubai for COP28, Australia has announced an extra A$150 in climate finance with a focus on the Pacific region.
Historically, most Pacific visa programs in Australia have been tied to labour mobility. And none has specifically referenced climate change as a driving rationale.
Since its early history, Australia has seen the Pacific as a vast, empty region where foreign powers threatened its security. This focus has undermined our effectiveness in the region.
While the US is still primarily focused on countering Chinese influence in the region, Australia is making a real impact with its Pacific Engagement Visa.
In a crowded region, it’s hard to know who is doing what, and where. Effective statecraft, though, is not always measured by quantity over quality.
There are limits around what Australia might hope to achieve and what it should expect in Beijing, but there is room for cooperation.
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Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Founding Editor, Pacific Journalism Review / Te Koakoa, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Associate Professor, Journalism, RMIT University
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Director, Master of International Relations, Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
