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.

28 August, 2013

New Zealand accused of ‘bullying’

Tonga, Fiji, and other island states are more sensitive than ever to any outside pressure, particularly by their development partners, in regards to what the island states perceive as interference in internal matters

28 August, 2013

Dan McGarry

Lilo questioned over junket

Solomon Islands prime minister Darcy Lilo’s recent trip to Indonesia draws fire from civil society

28 August, 2013

Dulciana Somare-Brash

Manus construction threatened

Local MP claims Manus islanders are ready to ‘explode’ unless they are properly consulted

28 August, 2013

Kiery Manassah

Justice after Rabaul Queen disaster

Arrests begin in PNG for those responsible for the Rabaul Queen ferry disaster

27 August, 2013

Kiery Manassah

Indonesia accused of ‘divide and rule’

Indonesia is accused of deliberately dividing members of the Melanesian Spearhead Group over West Papua

27 August, 2013

Giff Johnson

Human trafficking a growing problem

Pacific islands should care about their ranking in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) annual listing because it is an evaluation of border control, enforcement of laws, and systems and services to address prostitution, child abuse, and related trafficking issues.

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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.
YOUTHQUAKE

DP17 – Half the population of our region is under 24, and the Pacific has some of the highest population growth rates in the world. How will population pressures affect the quality of our democracy and young people’s opportunities?
THE ART OF NEGOTIATION

DP08 – Negotiating a Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) between the Pacific island countries, Australia and New Zealand. Who benefits?

Vanuatu’s 2015 Spending Priorities

At this time of year the government begins thinking about where to allocate additional money for next year. Here are some of the top spending priorities.
BULA-STAN

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

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