Pacific Island links: First female leader, Vanuatu election, Fijian labour...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016guest blogger – blankBy Alastair Davis, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.The Marshall Islands parliament has elected Education Minister Dr Hilde...
View ArticleAid & development links: Australian Aid Tracker, inequality quiz, Zika Virus,...
Monday, 1 February 2016guest blogger – blankBy Chloe Hickey-Jones, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.Last week the Development Policy Centre launched the Australian Aid Tracker, a...
View ArticlePanel discussion: 2016 – The year ahead
Tuesday, 2 February 2016On 2 February, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove chaired a panel of Institute experts who examined the key issues likely to dominate the international...
View ArticlePacific Island links: Russian arms in Fiji, Vanuatu's election result, PNG...
Wednesday, 3 February 2016guest blogger – blankBy Alastair Davis, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.The shipment of Russian arms...
View ArticleThe Embarrassed Colonialist
Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia. Yet Australians seem to be largely ambivalent about the country. Few Australians know the history...
View ArticlePanel discussion: The year ahead (Melbourne event)
Thursday, 11 February 2016On 11 February at the National Gallery of Victoria, Research Director Anthony Bubalo, International Security Program Director Dr Euan Graham, Polling Program Director Alex...
View ArticleAustralia's ignorance about Papua New Guinea is a loss for both nations
Read the extract at The Guardian here. See more details about The Embarrassed Colonialist ...Publication Type: Commentary
View ArticlePacific Island links: Cyclone Winston devastates, aid arrives in Fiji, PNG's...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016guest blogger – blankBy Alastair Davis, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.Cyclone Winston battered Fiji this week. The rising death toll...
View ArticleVanuatu’s neglected international airport
Monday, 7 March 2016guest blogger – blankBy Jonathan Pryke, Research Fellow in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program and Matthew Dornan, Deputy...
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The future of Papua New Guinea: Old challenges for new leaders
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Melanesia Program Director Jenny Hayward-Jones argues that Papua New Guinea’s next generation of leaders should take a new approach in seeking to turn around negative...
View ArticleNew Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully on NZ's international...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016On 15 March, NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully delivered an address at the Lowy Institute outlining New Zealand's international agenda for 2016, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific...
View ArticlePacific Island links: NZ foreign policy, death penalty in PNG, Somare...
Wednesday, 16 March 2016guest blogger – blankBy Alastair Davis, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Melanesia program.New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully addressed New Zealand's international...
View ArticlePacific Island links: Manus Island, PNG's constitution, MSG postponed,...
Wednesday, 4 May 2016guest blogger – blankBy Alastair Davis, an Intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.Following the unanimous ruling by the Papua New Guinean Supreme Court that the detention...
View ArticlePanel discussion: New approaches to tackling gender-based violence in PNG
Friday, 20 May 2016Rates of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea are among the highest in the world, with 70% of women experiencing some degree of physical or sexual assault in their...
View ArticlePacific Island links: PNG protests, InterOil takeover, Vanuatu's female MP...
Wednesday, 25 May 2016[youtube:o3Xasz8FyQs]Student protests across Papua New Guinea continue as Prime Minister O’Neill has refused demands to step...
View ArticlePanel discussion: New approaches to tackling gender-based violence in PNG
Friday, 20 May 2016Rates of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea are among the highest in the world, with 70% of women experiencing some degree of physical or sexual assault in their...
View ArticlePNG shootings are not a Tiananmen moment
Friday, 10 June 2016[youtube:A2ffsT4FDac]The reporting on the tragic confrontation between students and police at the gates of the University of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday reminded me of a comment...
View ArticlePacific links: PNG's O'Neill under pressure; West Papua, Pacific work...
Wednesday, 20 July 2016Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill will face a vote of no confidence motion in Parliament this Friday. Despite a very healthy majority, ...
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Principled engagement: Rebuilding defence ties with Fiji
In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Anna Powles and Jose Sousa-Santos argue that Russia’s sale of arms to Fiji underlines how the security orthodoxy in the Pacific Islands region is changing. Unless...
View ArticleHow the gloss came off PNG's PM Peter O'Neill
Monday, 25 July 2016Papua New Guinea’s Peter O’Neill survived last Friday’s vote of no confidence, the first since his turbulent term as prime minister began in...
View ArticlePacific Island links: Nauru Files, Olympics, ExxonMobil, rice in PNG and more
Wednesday, 10 August 2016guest blogger – blankBy Harriet Smith, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.The Guardian has published...
View ArticleFiji’s democracy cracks again
Friday, 16 September 2016Last weekend Fiji's police force arrested six prominent opponents of the ruling party. Their alleged crime was breaching the Public Order Act by making...
View ArticleMapping Pacific aid: Facebook, India and money laundering
Wednesday, 28 September 2016Mapping China’s opaque aid program in the Pacific Islands was more complicated and time-consuming than I had anticipated. I made peace with this fact when I found myself...
View ArticlePacific Island links: Bainimarama's UN address, Chinese aid in the Pacific,...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016guest blogger – blankBy Harriet Smith, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program.The Prime Minister of Fiji delivered a keynote address to the UN General...
View ArticlePacific links: Pacific Island Forum membership controversy, LGBTI activism,...
Wednesday, 12 October 2016guest blogger – blankBy Harriet Smith, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Melanesia programThe European Union says the ratification of the Paris Agreement...
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