Tag: geopolitics
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...
Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party has been told that France is “panicking” and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head of the Caledonian...
Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS, says Dame Meg Taylor
By Koroi Hawkins and Caleb Fotheringham
A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific leaders need to sit up and...
Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end violence
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to “pay serious attention” to the escalated...
Micronesia’s president Panuelo claims spying and bribery by China
By Barbara Dreaver
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has made a series of disturbing claims against China, including alleging spying, threats to...
Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost...