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Lawyers William Kadi and Dirk Heinz examine Solomon Islands heavy reliance on extractive industries making it susceptible to the resource curse and social conflict.

The United States needs an engagement policy with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that is Flexible, Appropriate, Coordinated and Effective (FACE).

Congress should pass, and the President should sign, legislation creating the permanent interagency working group on the Pacific. It would deliver immediate and effective coherence to US policy towards the…

Most people think of a base as having military personnel, a fence, a gate and a sign. Is this really a base? What is a base?…

In an article originally appearing in the the East Asia Forum, CANZPS affiliate Jerry Finin and Emeritus Professor Terence Wesley-Smith voice concerns over the approach taken by the US to…

This panel, Wednesday, April 20 at 2PM, of prominent Solomon Islanders will share their perspectives on the China–Solomon Islands security agreement and other issues.

Students from Smaller States and Peacemaking (INAF 360) collaborated to create a peacemaking guide for smaller states.

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

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 global…

Brig. Gen. Gilbert Toropo, left, Papua New Guinea commander of the Defence Force, Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), and Papua New Guinea Secretary of Defence Trevor…

Partnerships in the Pacific count. The US, working with its capable ally, Australia, can promote security among the Pacific Islands.

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

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

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 be asked to…

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 social…

Pacific regionalism suffered a sharp blow in February 2021 when Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders voted 9 – 8 to put Henry Puna, the former PM of the Cook Islands,…

The Freely Associated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Palau joined by Kiribati and Nauru have announced their intention to withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum. (PIF). The breach results…

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

Tommy Remengesau, President of Palau, will give the Peter Tali Coleman Lecture on Pacific Public Policy, reflecting on his time in office.

“Come let us build for the future in partnership,” wrote Peter Tali Coleman in 1982.

Pacific Islands countries face the classic challenge as strategic competition unfolds across the Indo-Pacific, finding themselves wedged, like the proverbial meat in the sandwich, between two great powers. Small states…

At 5PM (EST), November 2, Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary-General of the Pacific Island Forum will talk about Blue Pacific Futures. Home to more than 12 million people the Blue Continent…

Eliza Inder and Jacinda Ardern…

On Saturday, October 17, 2020 New Zealand will hold their general election. Labour should win, but will they form government on their own, or will they require support from one…

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 bilateral relationships to better…