Tag: Peace

Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato J. Robert Oppenheimer -- the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea police in East New Britain have launched a 21-day operation to clamp down on community conflicts in the province. Police operation...

By Don Wiseman, NZ Pacific journalist Guam has long faced tensions due to the heavy United States military presence on the island. But as Washington moves to...

RNZ Pacific Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear submarine deal...

REVIEW: By Heather Devere The aims of Peace Action: Struggles for a Decolonised and Demilitarised Oceania and East Asia as stated by the editor, Valerie...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato One year to the day since Russian tanks ran over the Ukraine border -- and over the UN...

RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele says the country joined an agreement with the United States only after changes to wording relating to...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A new Aotearoa New Zealand book focusing on activists and their causes against militarism and for social struggles and climate...

OPEN LETTER: By Mahvash Ikram Three years on from the Christchurch terror attacks on 15 March 2019, Mahvash Ikram writes an open letter to her...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A contingent of 50 Republic of Fiji Military Forces troops flew to Honiara today to help restore security and stability in...

COMMENTARY: By Jason Brown in Auckland Twenty years ago, I was on a plane from Rarotonga to Auckland. Lovely flight, with a path at the...

The Visit Auckland video "Papatūānuku (our earth mother) is Breathing". PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, self-isolating in Auckland under New Zealand’s Covid-19 lockdown as...

John Minto praises Iraqi protests against US aggression in the Middle East and calls for NZ troops to be recalled at a rally in...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk This week marks the 74th anniversary of the United States atomic bombings of Japan, bringing with it the annual renewed debate...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Advocacy groups have called on children and young people to defeat the "ultimate supervillain" – silence – to help end violence...

By Aloysius Laukai in Buka The people of Haku have demonstrated their commitment to the Bougainville peace process by reconciling former fighters from the Bougainville...

By Guteriano Neves in Dili After nearly a year of political deadlock resulting from a minority government, and a divisive political campaign, Timor-Leste is set...

OPINION: By Murray Horton The Aotearoa Independence Movement (AIM) congratulates Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for explicitly defying President Trump's bullying in relation to New Zealand's...

By Roy Abrhamn Narra and Carlo Casingcasing in Manila Blacklists developed by the Canadian government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) have tagged...

Report from the International Peace Bureau By Colin Archer in Geneva The Oslo-based International Peace Bureau has nominated former Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum...