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Prime Minister Fiame to give this year’s Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy

The Honorable Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa Prime Minister of Independent State of Samoa will give this year's Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public…

March 14, 2022

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Georgetown on the Great Barrier Reef: Politics of Marine Conservation, Australia 2022

FLASH -- THE AUSTRALIAN BORDER IS NOW OPEN TO VACCINATED VISITORS Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) - the only living organism visible from space - is under threat.  This…

February 7, 2022

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Australia and Papua New Guinea: Shared History, Complex Relationship

The neighbours, Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia share an intertwined and complex. …

September 11, 2021

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Is the US strategy to counter China in the Pacific a $1bn misstep?

Jerry Finin, CANZPS affiliate and Professor Terence Wesley-Smith, University of Hawaii at Manoa argue against seeing the Pacific Islands through a China.…

September 11, 2021

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2021 Pacific Islands Essay Contest

The Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies announces the 2021 Pacific Islands Essay Contest for high school students living in the Pacific Islands. Students will…

April 27, 2021

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Kava and the Congressman

James “Smilin’ Jim” McClintic, member of the US House of Representatives from Oklahoma, didn’t care for kava. Kava, a mild sedative and a muscle relaxant, is a ritual and…

April 16, 2021

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Smaller States Handbook, 2020

Students in INAF 360, Smaller States and Peacemaking, have created an outstanding handbook that explores how smaller states can work to shape the international.…

February 1, 2021

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Remembering Peter Tali Coleman

“Come let us build for the future in partnership,” wrote Peter Tali Coleman in.…

December 1, 2020

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Now is the Time to Implement a Multilateral Strategy for the Pacific

Washington should build upon new Congressional initiatives to strengthen its alliances and partnerships with Pacific Islands Countries (PICs). It can best do so by looking beyond…

August 12, 2020

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The Ironies in Australia’s 2020 Defence Update

Alan Tidwell examines how the tyranny of distance has long shaped Australian strategic thinking. The defence of Australia has been challenged by and benefitted from that.…

July 16, 2020