Tag: Pacific geopolitics

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the deal with China "complements, not replaces" the relationship with New Zealand...

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...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by a columnist on February 10: “Should...

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...

MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter By the time US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on China and Canada last Monday which could kickstart...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with...

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...

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

Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor's...

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 Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios and Senator Celina Babauta have travelled to Guam to...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist As the US election unfolds, American territories such as the Northern Marianas, American Samoa, and Guam, along with...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The thing I hate about Western electoral politics in general and US presidential races in particular is that they take the...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Australia and New Zealand’s populations must now wake up to the fact that our countries have been drawn into what ForeignPolicy.com...

By Shailendra Bahadur Singh and Amit Sarwal in Suva Given the intensifying situation, journalists, academics and experts joined to state the need for the Pacific,...

Wansolwara News Here is the speech by Papua New Guinea's Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Timothy Masiu, at the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference...

RNZ Pacific An international relations lecturer says New Zealand's framing of China in the perceived Pacific geopolitical struggle is "disingenuous". Victoria University of Wellington's Nanai Anae...