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Australia Pacific Security College - 10 Nov 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: 10 November 2022
The security stories shaping the region Pacific leaders are calling for developed nations to pay for climate related loss and damage at COP27 and the regional drug trade has been in the spotlight. The COP27 summit commenced in Egypt over the weekend, with Pacific leaders advocating for stronger international commitments on climate change. Pacific demands…
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Australia Pacific Security College - 25 Oct 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: 25 October 2022
The security stories shaping the region The long awaited US-Pacific Partnership talks have drawn mixed reactions around the region, whilst a number Pacific Island countries face ongoing electoral uncertainty. The long-awaited US-Pacific Partnership talks in Washington ended with a joint declaration on 29 September, celebrated by Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General (SG) Henry Puna as…
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Danielle Watson, Julie Berg - 17 Oct 2022
It’s time to move beyond a Western understanding of development
Measurements of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the Pacific have for too long failed to recognise the importance of traditional systems of knowledge and authority, Danielle Watson and Julie Berg write. In 2015, Pacific Island nation signatories to the United Nations (UN) committed to addressing sustainable development challenges as outlined in the UN General Assembly…
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Australia Pacific Security College - 4 Oct 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: Pacific voices at the United Nations
In this special edition of the Pacific Security Snapshot, we look at the key issues raised by Pacific leaders at the recent United Nations General Assembly, including the 2050 Blue Pacific strategy and the need for urgent action on climate change. “We are here because our future is tied to the entire world; and the…
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Jope Tarai - 30 Sep 2022
How young people are reshaping the Pacific’s digital landscape
Young Internet users in Papua New Guinea and Fiji are rapidly reshaping their country’s digital environment, but policymakers must do more to ensure online spaces are equitable and can provide trusted information, Jope Tarai writes. Young people across the Pacific Island region have driven the rapid uptake of digital technologies, particularly the use of social…
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Australia Pacific Security College - 27 Sep 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: 27 September 2022
The security stories shaping the region Environmental disasters are dominating Pacific security concerns and some of the last of the region’s COVID-19 restrictions have been eased. The Inaugural Pacific Disaster Risk Reduction Ministers Meeting (PDRRMM), hosted by the Fiji Government in Nadi on 16 September, concluded with the establishment of a regional Humanitarian Assistance and…
