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Category: Oceanic Currents

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Oceanic Currents

Solomon Islands Humphrey Fellow – Teddy Kafo

Teddy Kafo is a Humphrey Fellow at ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Check out his introduction to the United States.…

February 6, 2023

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Statecraftiness: Weaving Webs of Statecraft in the Pacific Islands

Statecraft appears in many guises.  Most are apparent, some are not.  In this paper Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, Alan Tidwell, and Czeslaw Tubilewicz examine some of the…

January 4, 2023

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Vulnerability of Pacific Island Country Hospitals: Critical Infrastructure that must be Addressed

In this Ocean Current Occasional Paper, Dr. Eileen Natuzzi examines the vulnerability of Pacific Island country hospitals. They are within the most at risk region worldwide due…

January 4, 2023

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China-Solomon Islands Security Agreement and Competition for Influence in Oceania

The China-Solomon Islands security agreement alarms Western countries concerned about China’s growing influence in Oceania. While the agreement is unlikely to result in the…

December 8, 2022

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The Changing Face of Honiara Infrastructure

Read about CANZPS affiliate Dr. Eileen Natuzzi's visit to a changing.…

December 2, 2022

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David Panuelo Visits Georgetown University

The Honorable David Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia gives the Peter Tali Coleman Lecture in Pacific Public.…

October 4, 2022

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The US Pivot Towards Pacific Regionalism

President Joe Biden released the United States’ Pacific partnership strategy. Although it bears some resemblance to the Pacific engagement strategy that was drafted by the…

October 1, 2022

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Democracy, Good Governance, and the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit

Michael Walsh discusses democracy and governance with Ilana Seid, Palau's Permanent Representative to the United.…

September 23, 2022

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US Solomon Islands Foreign Policy needs Bush Lime and Tok Tok

The Wall Street Journal recently published an editorial The Unwisdom of the Solomon Islands. Written by the Editorial Board, this opinion piece focused on the Honiara’s…

September 11, 2022

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Efforts to Create Rongelap Atoll Special Zone: Unanswered Questions Remain

Cary Yan and Gina Zhou, two Marshallese citizens of Chinese descent, were charged on September 2, 2022 for money laundering and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The…

September 9, 2022