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.

15 June, 2012

Pacific Debate 2012

The 2012 Pacific Debate brought together a distinguished panel and audience to debate the topic ‘that in this Pacific Century and a new era of strategic contest, island states should be neutral’.

14 June, 2012

PiPP Staff

Pacific Debate 2012

Pacific Debate 2012 was on the overarching theme of Geopolitics with the debate motion: 'that in this Pacific century and a new era of strategic…

7 June, 2012

PiPP Staff

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.

11 May, 2012

Derek Brien

Pacific diplomacy needs recalibrating

Dismissing the current diplomatic standoff between Australia and Vanuatu as a case of ‘the mouse that roared’ is a bad idea. A new era of understanding is required to reset the relationship towards mutually beneficial closer integration.

The impact of Vanuatu’s telcommunications revolution

3 May, 2012

PiPP Staff

The impact of Vanuatu’s telcommunications revolution

In 2008 the telecommunications market in Vanuatu was opened to competition. PiPP has undertaken a multi year assessment of the social and economic impact of this reform to see how it has affected household livehoods.

18 April, 2012

PiPP Staff

NET BENEFITS

DP20 - The coconut wireless is being upgraded. Internet uptake and mobile telephony is increasing in the Pacific, shifting the technological and social landscape.

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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.
ISLAND DREAMING

DP15 – We have had decades of ‘big man’ politics – now we need to refine the big ideas, and have island leaders articulate their vision and timeline for our Pacific community.

VANUATU BUDGET 2014

In this special interactive feature, we provide a detailed, drill-down view of annual government spending.
IN PICTURES – CYCLONE PAM

A photo essay by Dan McGarry, detailing the impact of the unprecedented force of cyclone Pam on Vanuatu.
FOB PATROL AND A RAPPING MEDIC

Ben Bohane goes to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, stepping outside the wire with more Micronesian troops and finding a medic who “raps” his mission in song.