Tag: Diplomacy

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville's push for independence are planning to...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand's National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

Asia Pacific Report A former US diplomat, Nabeel Khoury, says President Donald Trump’s decision to launch attacks against the Houthis is misguided, and this will...

COMMENTARY: By Ahmed Najar 'To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!...

ANALYSIS: By Matthew Sussex, Australian National University Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself...

By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News As concerns continue to emerge over China's "unusual" naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, raising eyebrows from...

RNZ Pacific Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's announcement this week that the island nation will open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem has been labelled "an...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have...

Pacific Media Watch Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an embassy in Israel, with plans to open the embassy in Jerusalem, despite global condemnation...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist China and the Cook Islands' relationship "should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party", says Chinese Foreign...

By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist New Zealand should be robust in its response to the "unacceptable" situation in Gaza but it must also...

A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her...

COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain It didn’t come as a surprise to see President Donald Trump sign executive orders to again pull out of the...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter Kiribati President Taneti Maamau was unable to meet New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters because he had "a...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Indonesia officially joined the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa -- consortium last week marking a significant milestone in...

By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...

Asia Pacific Report A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters...

ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from...

By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor New Zealand's Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as...

By Lawrence Fong of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea and Australia created another piece of history yesterday when James Marape became the first international...