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This post summarises a research dissertation on the same topic.

In May 2024, a

Last week was a big week in the Pacific, with the race between order and disorder, between cooperation and competition, brutally laid out.

Fiji and Australia came together to set out their plan for promoting peace, security and greater economic cooperation and integration.

China decided to ignore all Pacific entreaties about creating an Ocean of Peace and

Much of Ron Duncan’s research was concerned with the Pacific and he lived in Fiji from 2003 to 2007 when he headed the Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance (PIAS-DG) at the University of the South Pacific (USP). Here we provide our tributes together with a number of others from Pacific colleagues.

Professor Biman C. Prasad

The 2025–2026 cyclone season challenged Pacific communities and the communication systems they rely on in a crisis. Tropical Cyclone Urmil (February–March) brought strong winds and heavy rain to parts...

In January 2025, Fiji’s Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu declared a national HIV outbreak. New case notifications rose twelvefold in seven years, from 131 in 2018 to 1,583 in 2024. Modelled estimate...