The Pacific region is once again becoming the epicentre of realpolitik amongst great powers, where both regional and extra-regional powers are competing to expand their sphere of influence. In recent years, China has deliberately, methodica...
Once viewed primarily through the lens of regional Pacific politics, Fiji has emerged as a strategically significant actor in the evolving Indo-Pacific order. Located at the intersection of critical maritime and air routes across the South ...
“Culture has become one of the last elements of our identity. We have to act in favour of cultural diversity abroad as well as at home. We need strong cultural diplomacy and but we have to create it.” - Frederic Martel
Undersea cables are the new frontier of competition between China and the United States and the fight is towards achieving dominance. Superiority, if achieved by either in this realm could lead to military and economic dominance for decades...
The inception of the South Pacific Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, colloquially known as the Rarotonga Treaty, marked a watershed moment in the realm of regional disarmament initiatives. Its implementation on December 11, 1986, underscored...
The United States and Kiribati formally set up conciliatory relations when Kiribati picked up autonomy from Extraordinary Britain in 1979. Full discretionary relations were built up between the United States and Kiribati in 1980. It stamped...
Vanuatu is a nation situated in the southwestern region of the Pacific Ocean, comprising a group of 13 primary islands and numerous smaller ones. It is approximately 500 miles (800 km) to the west of Fiji and 1,100 miles (1,770 km) east of ...
India’s approach towards the island nations of the Pacific Ocean is gradually changing. This is mainly attributed to the shift of the geopolitical and geo-economic centre to the Indo-Pacific region. The strategic importance of the region ha...
The United States and a large portion of the rest of the world have regarded Asia too crudely for centuries—as a theatre of strategic rivalry. Allies and partners of the United States from all over the world have an interest in how the Indo...
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is an island country located between Oceania and Southeast Asia. It occupies the eastern part of the Timor Island which is the largest and the easternmost island in the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. The we...
With the coming to power of Xi Jinping in 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has adopted a pugnacious foreign policy from direct intervention in Hong Kong to militarising the South China Sea, trade war with the US and border dispute...
Climate change and severe weather events is causing environmental catastrophe in the South Pacific region. The region as a whole has experienced innumerable changes in weather patterns that have posed fundamental threats to lives and liveli...
