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Maima Koro - 14 Apr 2021
Development lessons for the security agenda: why local matters in the Pacific
Maima Koro As Pacific governments seek to integrate their development and security strategies, it is important to consider local contexts, Maualaivao Maima Koro writes. The COVID-19 pandemic has created enormous disruption and continues to do great damage in the Pacific Island region. However, the crisis has also forced policymakers to reconsider how they approach a…

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Hugh McClure - 8 Apr 2021
COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 8 April
COVID-19 is running rampant through Papua New Guinea, whilst the vaccine rollout has begun in earnest through much of the Pacific, Hugh McClure writes.

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James Batley - 8 Apr 2021
Australia and security in the Pacific Islands
James Batley Do policy differences matter to Australia’s security ambitions? Australia is still playing a leading role in regional security, despite differences with Pacific Island nations on climate change mitigation and the presence of China in the region, James Batley writes. Australia’s 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper set out a vision of “helping to…

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Joeli Veitayako - 1 Apr 2021
Saving coastal fisheries in the Pacific: food, livelihoods and community security
Joeli Veitayaki Fisheries in the Pacific are at risk, and require a unified regional response in order to be preserved for future generations, Joeli Veitayaki writes. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of healthy coastal fisheries for the cultural, social, and economic wellbeing of Pacific Islanders. Protecting coastal fisheries is critical for the security…

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Hugh McClure - 25 Mar 2021
COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 25 March
COVID-19 is running rampant through Papua New Guinea, whilst the vaccine rollout has begun in earnest through much of the Pacific, Hugh McClure writes.

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Kalei Dugu - 23 Mar 2021
Building disaster resilience in Fiji
With the world’s attention focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, Fiji has had to look within to build disaster resilience, writes Kalei Billings-Dugu with Hugh McClure.