Pacific Institute of Public Policy

WTO: Where are we heading?

Kaliopate Tavola discusses the issues central to the future of the WTO. As a former WTO permanent representative, he says despite all overtures at reforming it, this global international organization is fracturing and may be beyond repair.
Fisheries as foreign policy

The United States Multilateral Fisheries Treaty benefitted the United States and not Pacific island governments because the conditions for equity based on resource ownership and appropriate sharing were not considered in the treaty, writes Walter Diamana.
Island geostrategy

Kaliopate Tavola asks if a 'stable regional order’ as envisioned by Australia and New Zealand is being achieved at a time when their inclusion in Pacific regional architecture is being questioned.

27 January, 2014

When hope is all you have left

"When you are the victim of a Category Five cyclone you are firstly grateful to be alive even though everything you’ve got is destroyed or blown away." Kalafi Moala describes Tonga’s painful recovery from the worst cyclone in its recorded history.

PNG PM makes amends before Bougainville visit

24 January, 2014

Kiery Manassah

PNG PM makes amends before Bougainville visit

The exchange of traditional gifts in Port Moresby marks a ceremonial reconciliation between leaders

24 January, 2014

Mark Evans

Concerns for Samoan manufacturing

The future is looking uncertain for Samoa’s largest private employer

PNG’s political wrangling ‘stayed’ – for now

23 January, 2014

Kiery Manassah

PNG’s political wrangling ‘stayed’ – for now

Neither Government nor Opposition has been successful in using the police in their tit-for-tat dispute

22 January, 2014

Kiery Manassah

A judicial debacle in Nauru

The sole magistrate’s deportation throws Nauru’s judiciary into disarray

Natuman: Indonesia hijacked the MSG delegation

21 January, 2014

Dan McGarry

Natuman: Indonesia hijacked the MSG delegation

Odds of West Papuans gaining membership in the MSG seem slimmer than before

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PATRIOT GAMES

DP21 – Around the Pacific new superpower alliances, new fault-lines and new opportunities are opening up after decades of neglect. But Pacific voices need to be heard too.
ADB MEMBERSHIP FEES

DP07- Why increasing the cost of ADB membership matters for Pacific island countries.
CLIMATE SECURITY

DP23 – As climate change begins to bite, Pacific governments are moving to think more deeply about how to integrate climate change into national security and other development policies.

IN PICTURES

In a historic presentation, West Papuan leaders representing their newly unified movement, have applied for membership of the MSG. Dan McGarry captures the ceremony in a photo essay.
VANUATU BUDGET 2014

In this special interactive feature, we provide a detailed, drill-down view of annual government spending.
Coalition builder

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