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Pacific Security Snapshot 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 a ‘critical space of consensus.’ Read moreabout The long awaited US-Pacific Partnership talks have drawn mixed reactions around the region, whilst a number Pacific Island countries face ongoing electoral uncertainty.
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. Read moreabout Pacific voices at the United Nations
Pacific Security Snapshot 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 Disaster Relief Facility. Read moreabout Environmental disasters are dominating Pacific security concerns and some of the last of the region’s COVID-19 restrictions have been eased.
Pacific Security Snapshot Election uncertainty is featuring in news across the Pacific, while several countries in the region are wrestling with environmental security challenges. Tensions have continued in Solomon Islands, with a moratorium announced on foreign navy vessels, following controversy around an American coast guard vessel which was denied entry to Honiara for a scheduled port call three weeks ago. Read moreabout Election uncertainty is featuring in news across the Pacific, while several countries in the region are wrestling with environmental security challenges.
Pacific Security Snapshot Democracy is in the news as James Marape has secured another term as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea after a controversial election, whilst Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands has attempted to defer his country’s election one full year. James Marape was elected unopposed as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG) during a sitting of the National Parliament last week. Read moreabout Democracy is in the news as James Marape has secured another term as Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea after a controversial election, whilst Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands has attempted to defer his country’s election one full year.
Pacific Security Snapshot Violence has stymied the Papua New Guinean election, whilst the Bougainville government has announced plans to reopen the controversial Panguna mine. Voting in the Papua New Guinean election continued to be overshadowed by outbreaks of violence over the last fortnight. Read moreabout Violence has stymied the Papua New Guinean election, whilst the Bougainville government has announced plans to reopen the controversial Panguna mine.
Pacific Security Snapshot The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting has delivered strong calls for climate action despite ongoing membership challenges, whilst Papua New Guinea’s election is seeing violence spike around the country Pacific Island leaders gathered in Suva last week for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, with the summit’s opening marked by a handful of empty seats following last-minute absences. Read moreabout The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting has delivered strong calls for climate action despite ongoing membership challenges, whilst Papua New Guinea’s election is seeing violence spike around the country
Pacific Security Snapshot It’s election season in the Pacific! Campaigning has begun in earnest in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, whilst results have been announced in the French Overseas Territories. It’s election season in the Pacific! Campaigning has begun in earnest in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, whilst results have been announced in the French Overseas Territories. Read moreabout It’s election season in the Pacific! Campaigning has begun in earnest in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, whilst results have been announced in the French Overseas Territories.
Pacific Security Snapshot A deal to preserve the Pacific Islands Forum was the major security story of the fortnight, while Fiji has offered a sobering reminder of the impacts of climate change to world leaders. Pacific leaders have struck a deal to keep the Pacific Islands Forum together, heralding a new era of cooperation for the body. Read moreabout A deal to preserve the Pacific Islands Forum was the major security story of the fortnight, while Fiji has offered a sobering reminder of the impacts of climate change to world leaders.
Pacific Security Snapshot 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. In early May, Solomon Islands announced that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi would be visiting the country and potentially planning a broader regional visit. Read moreabout 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.
Pacific Security Snapshot Fiji has found itself caught in the middle of a dispute between the United States and a Russian oligarch The Russian superyacht Amadea has been embroiled in a series of court cases and appeals, as American and Fijian authorities attempted to execute a Washington-issued warrant for its seizure. Read moreabout Fiji has found itself caught in the middle of a dispute between the United States and a Russian oligarch
Pacific Security Snapshot Security agreement between the Solomon Islands and China dominates regional headlines Although a draft agreement was leaked on social media in March, news of the official signing of the agreement emerged on Tuesday the 19th April. Read moreabout Security agreement between the Solomon Islands and China dominates regional headlines
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