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.
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…
Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) - the only living organism visible from space - is under threat. This global icon and UNESCO World Heritage Site may not last out the…
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…
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 distance.
For 3 decades, citizens of Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau have been able to live and work in the U.S. indefinitely without a…
Starting in 1946 the United States, followed by the United Kingdom and France, began long period of nuclear testing the Pacific. One hundred and five atmospheric and underwater tests were…
Previously known as Truk, Chuuk is a geographical expanse of islands in the Western Pacific barely 1,000 kilometers from the U.S. unincorporated territory of Guam. Chuuk is one of four…
Alan Tidwell Photo by Alec Wilson, 2014. A quick global survey of the impact of COVID-19 shows that few countries have managed stem the virus’s onslaught. …
Washington should look anew at its relations with Pacific Island Countries (PICs), particularly as it begins to focus greater attention on the important role of the Melanesian states in Pacific…
Ambassador C. Steven McGann (ret), Dr. Emil Friberg and Dr. Gerard A. Finin will discuss Compacts of Free Association via Zoom video conference on 3/31.
On February 24 at 4:00pm, photographer John Moore will give a talk on the survivors of the ongoing bushfires in Australia. This event is hosted by the GU Institute for…
