Politics

What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire

COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended — just ten hours later — with the announcement of a...

Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on Iran

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a...

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t reality TV

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist — in the...

How the US, Israel and Iran are controlling their media narratives

COMMENTARY: By Majdoline Al-Shammouri in Beirut In the ongoing United States and Israel war on Iran, it appears that...

Cuban envoy makes strong plea for his country defying US blockade

By David Robie, Asia Pacific Report Cuba’s Ambassador to New Zealand, Luis Morejón Rodríguez, last night made a passionate...

Behind the elusive mythmaking over Fiji, West Papua

By David Robie On the eve of a vital meeting in Port Vila planning a more unified stance over independence in West Papua by disparate...

Journalist’s new book tackles atrocities and human rights issues in the Pacific

By Karina Abadia Veteran journalist Dr David Robie doesn't shy away from a challenge when covering a story. He has spent his career promoting issues pertinent...

Sedition, e-libel is the new media front line

By David Robie One of Fiji’s best investigative journalists and media trainers ended up as a spin doctor and henchman for wannabe dictator George Speight....

New free press book a must read for Pacific ‘media spoilers’

By Patrick Craddock in Suva Don’t Spoil My Beautiful Face: Media, Mayhem and Human Rights in the Pacific is being published today while Fiji...

Corruption, illegal tuna fisheries and a ‘lifestyle tsunami’ trouble Pacific business editors

Café Pacific How ironic. For two days this week, veteran Pacific affairs correspondent Sean Dorney from Australia Network was contributing hugely to an inaugural regional...

The talanoa and the tribal paradigm: Reflections on cross-cultural reporting in the Pacific

By David Robie Alongside normative definitions of the Fourth Estate as an independent watchdog on political power, in the South Pacific there is also a...