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My take-aways are "new global ecology" and "international (development) cooperation" that explains what has been called as New Normal. Nice!

Let’s hope for the best outcome and have your resort as beautiful as ever

Very good and informative article, which provides a quick overview of the topic of Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP). We are currently conducting an online campaign on this subject, feel free to contribute your ideas: https://www.policykitchen.com/group/29/about

Very well written explaining in clear and simple language the long term problems that Vanuatu will face and potential ways to make the future bright again.

Thank you for this article Sadhana. It raises a number of issues many of which were also captured in the research released earlier in the year by Peacifica & the Whitlam Institute. This draws on the contributions of 150 Pacific islanders from Fiji, Solomon Islands & Vanuatu. The report is vailable here: https://www.whitlam.org/publications/2020/2/13/pacific-perspectives-on-the-world

The only feasible direction to take . . . well worth pooling available resources to make this a reality !!!

Thanks so much Paul for this obituary. I had not heard that Simon had died. Very sad news. I was able to work with Simon in the period 2000 to 2003. Spending time with Simon was always a pleasure and rewarding. He had such a positive outlook, in such difficult circumstances. Combined with his hard work ethic, he was a very effective Treasury Secretary and dedicated civil servant. I do recall how earnestly he took on challenges, looking for the best outcome for PNG. He will be missed.

All the very best for the rest of your studies Shirleyanne.

Thank you for an excellent and insightful piece, Sadhana . As Shamima Ali says “donors refuse to work with local experts even when Pacific expertise is available”. Instead, “people with poor understanding of the Pacific are brought from outside”. When will donors realize that ‘understanding of the Pacific’ IS vital expertise and that it is generally located among people from the Pacific, who often have other unrecognized expertise. It is long past the time when expensive consultants with little or no local knowledge of the Pacific should be sucking up the lion’s share of aid dollars. Listening to these voices will help Australia’s development program improve.

Thank you, Milindo! You are right: The Global Public Goods (GPG) is highly relevant! I discussed the GPG concept in my (open access) article in Third World Quarterly: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01436597.2017.1333887

Thanks for the interesting article initiating this discussion. It seems important not to forget that at this time Australia and NZ are higher risk than the PICs for Covid 19 and yet the article does not address how returning workers will be quarantined or at whose expense?

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