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 Asia–Pacific Security Affairs Subcommittee of…
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 decision to pause international…
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 two defendants…
Over the last few months, a great deal of ink has been spilt over the strengthening of relations between the Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China.
Thousands of UXO litter the Pacific Islands where WWII battles took place. Solomon Islands is no exception having seen some of the fiercest engagements from 1942-45. 80 years on UXO…
Washington has made monumental steps in improving its engagement with the Pacific Islands countries. Several new initiatives have been announced. US President Joe Biden will meet with Pacific Islands leaders,…
Georgetown’s newest summer study abroad program sent students to the Great Barrier Reef. The program — titled “Politics of Marine Conservation” — brought a cohort of twelve students into contact…
Alan Tidwell, director of the Center for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Studies, testified before the the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission on August 3, 2022.
Lawyers William Kadi and Dirk Heinz examine Solomon Islands heavy reliance on extractive industries making it susceptible to the resource curse and social conflict.
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…
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.
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…
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…
