Are Pacific countries at risk of becoming a gateway for terrorists?

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Jose Sousa-Santos - 5 Oct 2021

Are Pacific countries at risk of becoming a gateway for terrorists?

A recent attack in New Zealand highlights the need for more regional cooperation on counterterrorism in the Pacific, Jose Sousa-Santos writes.

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COVID-19: The Pacific Response – Trendlines from Micronesia

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Hugh McClure - 5 Oct 2021

COVID-19: The Pacific Response – Trendlines from Micronesia

The COVID-19 pandemic has not had a consistent impact across the countries and territories of Micronesia. While parts of the sub-region, including Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have remained virus-free throughout the pandemic, the US territories of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have been subject to…

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The gender agenda in Pacific policing: Moving beyond lip service

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Danielle Watson - 29 Sep 2021

The gender agenda in Pacific policing: Moving beyond lip service

Despite greater rhetorical support for women’s role in Pacific policing, institutional resistance has proven to be a major roadblock, Danielle Watson and Loene Howes write.

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COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 23 September

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Hugh McClure - 23 Sep 2021

COVID-19 – the Pacific response: 23 September

Widespread vaccine hesitancy is stifling Papua New Guinea’s vaccine rollout, even as case numbers grow along the country’s border with Indonesia, Hugh McClure writes. New Caledonia has become the latest part of the Pacific Islands region to suffer a major outbreak of COVID-19. 3,603 cases have been now been recorded in the territory, 3,467 of…

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Pacific Wayfinder Précis: Hidden Commerce

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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 Pacific islands were largely untouched by global criminal groups and local police dealt mostly with petty crime. Then in the 1980s and 1990s, global drug syndicates…

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COVID-19 Trendlines: Spotlight on Polynesia

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Hugh McClure - 16 Sep 2021

COVID-19 Trendlines: Spotlight on Polynesia

18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the countries and territories of Polynesia account for many of the last remaining places on the planet that have not recorded a single case of COVID-19. Tonga, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau each remain COVID-free, while Samoa has recorded just one case. This special edition of…

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