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.

21 January, 2014

Dan McGarry

Vanuatu cable launch delayed

Local ISPs are still excited at the prospect of lower prices and vastly better quality of service

16 January, 2014

The Samoan rugby star is facing charges for beating up his wife at a children’s concert

15 January, 2014

Dan McGarry

Officials state that it’s a ‘miracle’ that only one person lost her life when cyclone Ian hit the Ha’api islands

15 January, 2014

Dan McGarry

A Nauru government spokesman claims that the 3900% increase is purely for revenue generation

14 January, 2014

Dan McGarry

Officials claim that the programme fails to bridge the ‘information gap’ between government and the people

6 January, 2014

Ben Bohane

Ben Bohane seeks out the Fijians and Tongans operating in Helmand province

BETTER TRADE FOR THE PACIFIC

DP05 – An update on emerging trade agreements being negotiated by Pacific Island countries and the pressures they face.
KEEPING THE PEACE

DP26 – There is a wider understanding of security issues emerging, such as the nexus between peace and development and what ensures ‘human security’ more broadly.
BLUE MARBLE

DP24 – The Pacific has a significant stake in redefining the global approach to development.

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.
THE WAIT

Recent events have highlighted the weakness of Vanuatu’s health services. We need to start fixing them now.
URUZGAN WANTOKS

Leaving the Guam Battalion behind for a few days, Ben Bohane finds Melanesian soldiers operating with the Australians in Uruzgan province.