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Ben Bohane - 24 Aug 2023
The Islands Blocking Vanuatu-France Relations
President Macron promises to resolve a territorial dispute with Vanuatu, writes Ben Bohane in Port Vila. When French President Emmanuel Macron appeared at the Melanesian Arts Festival in Vanuatu…
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Ben Bohane - 3 Mar 2022
Pacific Wayfinder: Merging science with traditional knowledge to combat climate change
Voices from the Pacific Island region The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report emphasises that the Pacific needs both modern scientific and traditional knowledge to build resilience to…
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Ben Bohane - 14 Dec 2021
Pacific Wayfinder: Will cryptocurrencies be the future for the Pacific?
Pacific nations are starting to embrace the digital finance and blockchain ‘revolution’, but there are risks that will need to be addressed, Ben Bohane writes. Throughout human history, many…
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Ben Bohane - 8 Dec 2021
Bougainville’s quest for nationhood
As Bougainville marks two years since its historic independence referendum, Pacific leaders must work together to ensure the process does not falter, Ben Bohane writes. There were colourful rallies around Bougainville in late…
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Ben Bohane - 12 Oct 2021
Pacific Wayfinder: High Ambitions for Lower Temperatures
As leaders get ready for the COP26 summit in the coming weeks, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna and Britain’s High Commissioner to Australia Vicki Treadell spoke to…
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Ben Bohane - 22 Sep 2021
Pacific Wayfinder Précis: Hidden Commerce
As transnational crime grows in the Pacific, governments and regional partners must invest in a unified strategy to combat it, Ben Bohane writes. There was a time when the…
