30 Mar 2023
Fiji: lessons under a dictator’s heel
Laisenia Qarase’s prison memoir after he was deposed in a coup tells a national story to cherish freedoms.
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16 Mar 2023
Is the sun setting on the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst?
A web of alleged interventions in university business has had a cascading effect on Pacific politics. -
3 Mar 2023
A new era of democracy for Fiji – but where are the women?
A steep decrease in the number of women representatives after the election suggests growing disengagement. -
14 Feb 2023
Fiji: A chance to stop political history repeating
A successful transition of power holds opportunity but only if politics can move beyond a cycle of winners and losers. -
17 Jan 2023
Fiji’s new politics
After a first smooth change of power, forging consensus in a nation renowned for ethnic tension poses a continued test. -
20 Dec 2022
Fiji’s coalition of convenience: what’s next?
A focus on recovery from the pandemic makes international support essential, whichever coalition forms government. -
30 Oct 2022
Where the buck stops: aid in Fiji
The development funding arena in the Pacific is a crowded space. But local actors are often forced to take back seat. -
13 Sep 2022
Why Indonesia’s engagement with Pacific countries matters
Sovereignty, trust and mutual benefit are all at stake when so many regions come together under the Indo-Pacific banner. -
27 Jun 2022
This year’s Pacific elections marginalise and isolate too many
As 2022 national polls unfold, it is evident that a global decline in democracy is disadvantaging the most vulnerable. -
27 Oct 2021
The promise and peril of statistics in Fiji
The Pacific nation needs a new social contract on data for any meaningful change to occur in at-risk communities. -
7 Oct 2021
Pacific Step-Up needs a Covid-era reboot
Australia must bolster its vaccine assistance with practical fixes, starting with energy and cold-storage solutions. -
27 May 2021
Fiji: Cannabis should be high on the government’s agenda
The tourists are gone, and Covid has crippled the economy. A well-regulated marijuana industry might not be a bad idea. -
21 May 2020
Now is the right time to bring Fiji into trans-Pacific bubble talks
With the tourist industry reeling, quick action will kickstart island economies more than a well-intended afterthought. -
19 Nov 2018
Fiji election, from the polling booth
<p>Fiji First’s narrow election win had to contend with rain, rumours, and regulations.</p> -
13 Nov 2018
Fiji: elections and the slow path to democracy
Frank Bainimarama is in a far different position to when he controversially seized power in a military coup in 2006. -
16 Oct 2018
Fiji and human rights, the limits of influence
Why was a violator elected to a body responsible for protecting human rights? -
4 Oct 2018
Australia outbids China to fund Fiji military base
Australia’s win in Nadi could signal an end to Bainimara’s “Look North” policy, which reoriented Fiji toward China. -
25 May 2018
Sedition and Pacific media freedom
Amid recent budget cuts, a positive court ruling is a welcome step towards improved media reporting. -
22 Nov 2017
Pacific island links: COP23, PNG corruption, Tonga’s election and more
Euan Moyle,an intern with the Pacific Islands Program, with links on developments across the Pacific. -
16 Aug 2017
Pacific links: Solomon Islands PM, PNG’s cabinet, Guam and more
Julie Bishop speaking on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, violence in PNG's Highland provinces, the real danger facing Guam and more. -
29 Mar 2017
Pacific links: Teresia Teawia, PNG’s budget, Fiji Times sedition charges and more
Storm activity in the Pacific, Australia rebuffs PNG on aid request, drone deliveries and more. -
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