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.

West Papuan leaders face treason charges

3 September, 2013

Kiery Manassah

West Papuan leaders face treason charges

Activists on Freedom Flotilla are going out of their way to draw international attention on the plight of West Papuans.

3 September, 2013

Kiery Manassah

Forum summit gets under way in Majuro

Sparks fly at the opening of the 44^th Pacific Islands Forum

Climate action – send your mayor, not your foreign minister

3 September, 2013

Ben Bohane

Climate action – send your mayor, not your foreign minister

The call for climate leadership is shaping up as the main issue for this year’s Pacific Island Forum summit being held in the Marshall Islands. Perhaps Pacific leaders should stop inviting big countries to the post-Forum dialogue and start inviting big cities as a way to tackle climate change

2 September, 2013

Giff Johnson

Marshalls nuclear issues muted

Due to the heavy focus on climate change action, little has been done by the Marshall Islands in the year since the UN report on nuclear testing report was presented. Officials in Majuro say that is expected to change as they look to engaging UN system in response to various aspects of the nuclear legacy.

30 August, 2013

Kiery Manassah

Fiji constitution: mixed reactions

Fijian reactions to their new constitution run the gamut from opposition to embrace

30 August, 2013

Kiery Manassah

Vanuatu’s airport deal under scrutiny

Prime minister Moana Carcasses welcomes opposition’s decision to challenge the airport deal in court

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MICRONESIAN EXODUS

DP16 – Micronesia has the highest per capita net emigration rates in the world. But their governments can do more to balance the outflow of migrants by investing in education and growing the local economy at home.
LESSONS FROM THE EPA

DP01 – A trade deal between the European Union and the Pacific was never going to be easy. Pacific governments need to be wary if they are to secure a good deal.
AID, TRADE, CHARADE?

DP14 – Rethinking the language and assumptions of the aid-centric approach to development in the Pacific.

ABRAÇO

Timor Leste is a decidedly imperfect place, but see for yourself: it’s nowhere near a failed state.
Coalition builder

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ROCKET CITY

Ben Bohane moves with Guam Battalion down to Kandahar, whose large airfield is the jump-off point to various bases in the south and, it seems, often comes under attack.