Browsing: Development & Policy

In the last fortnight the Australian government has loudly celebrated the signing of two new security treaties in the Melanesian…

On 3 October 2015, a US gunship repeatedly fired upon the Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) trauma…

A little over a decade ago, the UK was regarded as both a financial and intellectual powerhouse in global aid…

On 6 July 2026, China launched a second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test in the Pacific Ocean, following a previous…

In my career as a jobbing consultant, I thought I had become reasonably adroit at predicting what “sensitivities” a draft…

The 2026–27 Budget tabled in Fiji’s Parliament last month projects total government expenditure of $4.9 billion against revenues of $3.8…

Papua New Guinea is undertaking some of the most significant education reforms since its independence. The introduction of the new…

After a disastrous first couple of decades following independence in 1968, Nauru turned its economic fortunes around in the 2010s,…

This post summarises a research dissertation on the same topic. In May 2024, a landslide in Enga Province buried more…

Last week was a big week in the Pacific, with the race between order and disorder, between cooperation and competition,…