Tag: Indo-Pacific
Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS,...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific...
As Australia signs up for nuclear subs, NZ faces hard decisions...
ANALYSIS: By Nicholas Khoo, University of Otago
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced under...
Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing...
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith
In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory...
Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...
The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...
ANALYSIS: By Claire M. Gorman
The Australian government is moving fast to reset relations with Australia’s Pacific partners, including a larger Pacific role for the...
As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...
Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy
RNZ Pacific
Aotearoa New Zealand's Pacific Minister Aupito William Sio is set to travel to Fiji tomorrow, while Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is under increased...
Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter
The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...
New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital journalist
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have added a focus on climate...
Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in...
RNZ Pacific
Three members of the United States Congress have introduced a resolution to recognise the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
Congresswoman...
Samoa Observer: The fallacy of a nuclear submarine deal for peace
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
It perhaps wasn’t a remarkable coincidence that last month Samoa’s former Ambassador to the United Nations called on...
ANZUS without NZ? Why the new security pact between Australia, the...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
We live, to borrow a phrase, in interesting times. The pandemic aside, relations between the superpowers are tense....
