Pacific Islands|

Solomon Islands

view

The RAMSI legacy for Pacific policing

Despite the extensive coverage afforded most aspects of the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI), relatively little attention has been paid to the large number of Pacific Islands police who served throughout the 14-year deployment. RAMSI retained high levels of

By Sinclair Dinnen

view

The hidden epidemic in the shanty towns of Honiara

Diarrhoea is a common illness for more than a third of people in Honiara, the coastal capital of Solomon Islands, where informal settlements with poor sanitation and water dominate. But the risk of diarrhoeal disease increases in the annual wet season, from November to April, and escalates during

By Catherine Wilson

view

Landowners to rescue Solomon Islands mine - and perhaps more

The dusty streets of Honiara are bustling. Once ravaged by militia fighting, 14 years of peacekeeping by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands now sees men, women and children at markets, schools and shops, confident and free. But the future of the vast archipelago of rainforest-

By Catherine Wilson

view

Pacific island links: COP23, PNG corruption, Tonga’s election and more

By Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program. The crisis on Manus Island continues almost a month after the refugee processing centre officially closed. This powerful photo essay from the New York Times illuminates the situation for Manusians and asylum seekers in the

view

New Solomon Islands PM will need all the support he can muster

Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela was sworn in last week in Solomon Islands. Hou (the surname by which he is more readily known) replaces Manasseh Sogavare, who was removed in a motion of no confidence on 6 November reportedly for failing to implement policies and for a lack of consultation

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

view

Pacific island links: A new PM for Solomon Islands, PNG’s cable, COP23 and more

By Euan Moyle, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program. The situation in the Manus Island detention centre remains tense, with approximately 400 refugees refusing to leave. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has pledged AU$2.7 million for essential services to

view

Pacific island links: Sogavare out, COP23, Manus and more

By Euan Moyle, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been ousted after a vote of no-confidence in Parliament. He has said the mass resignations last week that preceded the vote were due to the reintroduction of an anti-

view

Pacific island links: Solomon Islands leadership, NZ and Tokelau, Tsai Ing-wen and more

By Euan Moyle, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is facing a vote of no-confidence next week. A total of 18 MPs, including nine ministers, defected from the government over the weekend, saying they have lost faith in

view

Pacific island links: Manus closure, Evara's death, caretaker mode in New Caledonia and more

By Euan Moyle, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Pacific Islands Program. With the Manus Island Detention Centre set to close at the end of the month, hundreds of remaining asylum seekers and refugees will be moved to government-run accommodation and hotels until they are settled in

view

Pacific links: Solomon Islands PM, PNG’s cabinet, Guam and more

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop addressed an audience in Suva over the weekend to provide more clarity on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, foreshadowed last year by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. James Batley provides excellent analysis for The Interpreter. Papua New Guinea's

By Jonathan Pryke

view

The end of RAMSI: A new beginning for policing in the Pacific

Nearly 14 years after Australian war ships appeared off the coast of Solomon Islands leading the largest expeditionary force in the Pacific since World War Two, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands has come to an end. Its success is such that parents have named their children RAMSI in

By Amanda Kates

view

RAMSI: Nostalgia must give way to political responsibility in Solomon Islands

Almost 14 years ago I stepped off an Air Vanuatu plane in Honiara to the astonishing sight of an airfield covered with khaki army tents and several thousand Solomon Islanders holding up placards with various iterations of greetings, peace and thanks. I was in Honiara to join the RAMSI team, serving

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

view

Australia prevented a disaster on the doorstep

Originally published in the Australian Financal Review

view

Resilience in the post-RAMSI era

Understanding how and when governments might intervene in failing countries is an art rather than a science. It requires detailed knowledge of the country in question, the resilience of the people and systems in relation to the emerging crisis, and the willingness of the people to accept an

By Greg Colton

view

Pacific links: RAMSI, Baldwin Lonsdale, PNG voting update and more

The end of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is being marked with a week of celebrations. Nick O’Malley reports on the end of RAMSI, and the future of the Solomon Islands. The 2017 Lowy Institute Poll shows 77% of Australians believe the use of military forces would

By Harriet Smith

view

Solomon Islands: Big hopes for new constitution

By Catherine Wilson, a freelance journalist and correspondent reporting on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands region Popular aspiration for a federal government in the Solomon Islands was not forefront in my mind as I sat under a tree in a squatter settlement on the edge of the capital,

view

Solomon Islands needs a parliament that will deliver results

The conduct of the general elections in Solomon Islands on 19 November appears to have been largely successful. An interim report from the Commonwealth Observer Team led by former Prime Minister of PNG Mekere Morauta has praised the conduct of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, the

By Mark Tamsitt

view

Solomon Islands: Was RAMSI worth it?

Tobias Haque and Doug Porter have worked on Solomon Islands for the past several years. The views expressed here are those of the authors and not necessarily those of their employers . Jenny Hayward-Jones' recent paper (Australia's Costly Investment in Solomon Islands) suggests

view

The high price of RAMSI: Australia's lessons from the Solomon Islands

The Abbott Government will next week bring down its first aid budget, a budget which itself will contain two interesting firsts: it is the first since the integration of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) with AusAID, and the first since the transition of the very expensive Regional

By Jenny Hayward-Jones

Contact Us

Lowy Institute

PO Box H-159
Australia Square NSW 1215, Australia
+61 2 8238 9000
reception@lowyinstitute.org

Media Enquiries

Erin Bassett
+61 2 8238 9035
+61 (0)409 461 795

What has gone wrong in Cambodia?

India’s demographic timebomb

The Grey List: more trouble for Pakistan’s economy

Search

Institute - Top Menu

Denuclearisation and human rights in North Korea – can we have one without the other?

Backslides, baby steps, or business as usual? Exploring human rights in China

Solomon Islands

The RAMSI legacy for Pacific policing

The hidden epidemic in the shanty towns of Honiara

Landowners to rescue Solomon Islands mine - and perhaps more

Pacific island links: COP23, PNG corruption, Tonga’s election and more

New Solomon Islands PM will need all the support he can muster

Pacific island links: A new PM for Solomon Islands, PNG’s cable, COP23 and more

Pacific island links: Sogavare out, COP23, Manus and more

Pacific island links: Solomon Islands leadership, NZ and Tokelau, Tsai Ing-wen and more

Pacific island links: Manus closure, Evara's death, caretaker mode in New Caledonia and more

Pacific links: Solomon Islands PM, PNG’s cabinet, Guam and more

The end of RAMSI: A new beginning for policing in the Pacific

RAMSI: Nostalgia must give way to political responsibility in Solomon Islands

Australia prevented a disaster on the doorstep

Resilience in the post-RAMSI era

Pacific links: RAMSI, Baldwin Lonsdale, PNG voting update and more

Solomon Islands: Big hopes for new constitution

Solomon Islands needs a parliament that will deliver results

Solomon Islands: Was RAMSI worth it?

The high price of RAMSI: Australia's lessons from the Solomon Islands

Useful Links

Contact Us

Our Location