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Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 23 March 2020 Books | How the Asia-Pacific became the Indo-Pacific, with a brief stop-off in the Asian century
Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 10 February 2020 Can Australia embrace a regional identity? Correspondents Nic Maclellan 7 February 2020 In the South Pacific, France is the likely beneficiary of Brexit Correspondents Hamish McDonald 30 January 2020 The devastating bushfires are adding to the pressure for Scott Morrison to cooperate with Australia’s Pacific neighbours Rejoinder Tom Bamforth 14 November 2019 The author responds to Robbie Robertson’s recent review of his book, Rising Tide
Books & Arts Robbie Robertson 1 November 2019 An anecdotal journey doesn’t always do justice to the complexity of the region
Correspondents Nic Maclellan 7 October 2019 As Indonesia tightens its grip on West Papua, Pacific nations are pushing for a negotiated solution Correspondents Nic Maclellan 10 May 2019 The legacy of assassinated Kanak independence leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou still drives the movement for independence in the French Pacific dependency Books & Arts Graeme Dobell 15 April 2019 Books | A former diplomat tells the story of the “talented cross-section” of Fiji’s youth who enlisted in the British Army in 1962 International Graeme Smith 15 March 2019 Pacific islands are navigating their own route between big-power plans
Correspondents Nic Maclellan 26 October 2018 With New Caledonia’s self-determination vote looming, our correspondent visits the scene of a turning point in the independence struggle
Essays & Reportage Graeme Dobell 17 October 2018 Hard news and a free media are essential for Australian foreign policy — and that means we need a new, dedicated broadcasting organisation Correspondents Nic Maclellan 24 September 2018 Nauru’s government tried to restrict journalists covering this month’s Pacific Islands Forum, but only highlighted the desperate state of refugees living on the island, and… Essays & Reportage Bruce Buchan 14 June 2018 Have we lost sight of who Captain Cook really was? International Nic Maclellan 18 April 2018 This month’s CHOGM coincides with the sixtieth anniversary of a multi-megaton British nuclear test in the Pacific, covertly supported by Australia and other Commonwealth members
National Affairs Graeme Smith 13 April 2018 And the truth about China’s intentions probably lies somewhere between
International Nic Maclellan 29 March 2018 Chinese blockbuster Operation Red Sea features the People’s Liberation Army evacuating civilians from a Third World danger zone. Australian defence analysts are worried… National Affairs Graeme Smith 18 January 2018 Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and Maurice Newman share a deep suspicion of China’s intentions in the Pacific. But the reality doesn’t match their claims Correspondents Nic Maclellan 11 December 2017 With a referendum on self-determination due in a year’s time, young Kanaks are debating their future International Graeme Smith 16 October 2017 Exaggerated fears about China’s intentions reflect a misunderstanding of what’s happening in the region
International Nic Maclellan 27 September 2017 North Korea’s threat to detonate a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean echoes the US nuclear missile tests of the early 1960s. As this extract from Nic Maclellan’s new book…
Essays & Reportage Robbie Robertson 11 September 2017 Extract | Fiji’s tale of contemporary misadventure reveals the challenges of inheritance International Jon Fraenkel 6 July 2017 How should we judge the success of Australia’s mission to the Solomon Islands? International Nic Maclellan 14 June 2017 As non-nuclear states meet to negotiate a nuclear weapons ban treaty, Britain has withdrawn from the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice over nuclear… International Nic Maclellan 27 March 2017 As governments begin negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, the Marshall Islands is still seeking justice for years of cold war testing
International Jon Fraenkel 13 December 2016 Elections across the Pacific this year largely defied the predictions of doomsayers
International Nic Maclellan 13 October 2016 France’s Pacific dependencies, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, have joined the Pacific Islands Forum as full members. Has French colonialism become entrenched in the… National Affairs Peter Mares 5 July 2016 Peter Mares reports on a truncated parliamentary inquiry that revealed the problem of having two very different schemes dealing with rural labour shortages International Jon Fraenkel 26 June 2016 Fiji’s PM says his government has introduced genuine democracy, lifted social equity, countered corruption and calmed ethnic divisions. Jon Fraenkel assesses the… Correspondents Nic Maclellan 26 May 2016 The closure of Clive Palmer’s Yabulu nickel smelter affects workers – and the political system – in New Caledonia as well as Townsville, writes Nic Maclellan