Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby
When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to...
‘There must be clarity’ – PNG students protest over US defence deal
By Scott Waide and Lydia Lewis
University students in Papua New Guinea are protesting against the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with the United...
Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler and Andrea Fahey
Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding on 65 members of Parliament to represent...
Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests
Jubi News in Jayapura
Esther Haluk, a women’s rights activist from GARDA Papua, is among West Papuan activists who have condemned a declining state of...
Biden apologises to PNG, Blinken being sent for Pacific dialogue
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
United States President Joe Biden yesterday apologised to Prime Minister James Marape and the people of...
US envoy persuades two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Two Pacific nations considered by Washington as crucial in its competition with China for influence in the region have agreed...