Solomon Islands
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Commentary
Australia prevented a disaster on the doorstep
Originally published in the Australian Financal Review.
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…
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: 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…