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.
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.
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.
PiPP hosted a public forum in Koror, Palau bringing together Senators, civil society and regional thinkers from around Micronesia to discuss a range of issues affecting small island states.
The 2012 Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies (Canterbury University, New Zealand) annual international conference focsued on democracy in the Pacific. PiPP was an active…
PiPP's MP Face to Face series culminated in two special events that saw the Vanuatu Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition engage in a truly national conversation on the issues.
PiPP undertook national assessments for Vanuatu and Palau as part of the UNESCAP study 'Green Economy in a Blue World - Pacific Perspective 2012' in the lead up to the Rio+20 global summit on sustainable development.
PiPP spoke with a number of students concerning their views, their hopes and the challenges they see their respective nations facing in the future. Here…
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.