Tag: Geopolitics

China’s rise in the Asia-Pacific region has the entire globe assessing how the future of the region might look. Delegates at February’s QS Summit...

ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has embarked on a state visit to New Zealand. It is...

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific Taiwan suffered two major diplomatic blows in the Pacific this week with both the Solomon Islands and Kiribati severing...

By RNZ Pacific Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has said she "regrets and strongly condemns" the Solomon Islands' decision to establish diplomatic relations with China. The Solomons...

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were...

By RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea's Manus Province has hinted that he could obstruct Australia's bid to build a naval port on...

By Scott Waide Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings...

COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide In November every year, the Papua New Guinean National budget usually takes centre stage. But not this year. This week, the 2019 budget...

ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji. Fiji will chair the next...

Rappler wrap-up on the Qatar crisis. Pacific Media Centre News Desk The Philippines has suspended the deployment of workers to Qatar after several Gulf states severed...

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have condemned the "unresolved" human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesian security forces, saying they have continued in...

Syria's President Assad vows to 'retake the whole country'. Video: AFP interview on France 24 OPINION: By Alastair Thompson The news that the Russians (Sergei Lavrov)...

From Evening Report By New Zealand-based security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan Last week Fiji took delivery of a shipment of Russian weapons that were “donated” by...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Catherine Putz of The Diplomat Of Vanuatu’s 270,000 people, an estimated 200,000 turned up to vote in last Friday's snap...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila For the first time in Vanuatu’s political history since 1980, three Kalsakau brothers from the...

Report by Pep Canadell and Rob Jackson in Sydney The Paris climate agreement is an extraordinary achievement. It codifies the long-term goal of keeping global...

By Kumi Naidoo in Paris THE WHEEL of climate action turns slowly, but in Paris it has turned. There’s much in this deal - the...

Report by Samisoni Pareti in Paris A young Pacific Islander’s plea for world leaders to help save her island nation from the impacts of climate...

An Amy Goodman interview reporting from Paris. Image: Democracy Now! Report by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Before the United Nations climate change summit in Paris,...

Report by Samisoni Pareti in Paris Three Pacific island countries of Fiji, Kiribati and Palau have added their support to a European initiative that promotes...