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Laura Brewington - 10 Jun 2022
Climate change and the future of the United States-Marshall Islands relationship
The United States should renew its Compact of Free Association with Marshall Islands and do more to tackle climate change if it hopes to atone for historical injustices and counter China’s influence, Laura Brewington writes. Pacific Island states like the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) are among the first impacted by climate change. This not only…
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Henry Ivarature - 9 Jun 2022
The rejection of China’s deal shows the Pacific will not be used as a geopolitical pawn
Pacific leaders have sent a strong message that countries who want to partner with them must treat them with respect and take action on climate change, writes Henry Ivarature Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is nearing the end of a marathon tour of eight Pacific states. By Saturday, he will have visited Solomon Islands, Fiji,…
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Pacific Security College - 7 Jun 2022
Pacific Security Snapshot: 7 June 2022
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s whirlwind trip around the Pacific has dominated headlines, whilst Papua New Guinea’s election is just around the corner.
COVID-19 – the Pacific response: June 2022
More than two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 has now been officially recorded in every Pacific Island country, and more countries are looking to re-open their international borders as vaccination rates edge higher.
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Apisalome Movono - 31 May 2022
The Pacific’s pandemic entrepreneurialism
Pacific communities have been adaptable and innovative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but with some support they could do even more, Regina Scheyvens and Apisalome Movono write. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the economies of tourism-reliant Pacific Island states hard. But the pandemic has also helped to create – or bring to the fore…
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Michael Kabuni - 24 May 2022
Women’s inclusion in the Bougainville negotiations
Women’s voices are needed in post-referendum Bougainville negotiations to ensure lasting peace, Michael Kabuni and Ancuţa Hansen write. In a non-binding referendum in late 2019, 97.7 per cent of Bougainvilleans voted for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG). Yet despite independence being an issue of concern for the whole community in both PNG and Bougainville, women have largely…