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Greg Fry

Greg Fry is a member of the Emeritus Faculty, The Australian National University, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of the South Pacific.

PIF LM Ocean of Peace Low res 084

25 March 2026

Balancing act: the agency of Pacific Island states in a world of machtpolitik

by Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith

US Secretary of State Blinken hosting the Partners in the Blue Pacific ministerial meeting in September 2022 (Ron Przysucha-U.S. Department of State-Flickr)

6 March 2023

Sea of Western flags in Oceania?

by Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith

Preparatory meeting for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting to be held from 11-14 July in Fiji

5 July 2022

‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ initiative rides roughshod over established regional processes

by Greg Fry, Tarcisius Kabutaulaka and Terence Wesley-Smith

PIF Official Leaders Photo, Funafuti, Tuvalu, 2019 (Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat)

4 November 2021

AUKUS undermines Australia’s “Pacific family”

by Greg Fry

Dame Meg Taylor’s Pacific Islands Forum Legacy

3 May 2021

Dame Meg Taylor’s Pacific Islands Forum Legacy

by Greg Fry

The Pacific Islands Forum split: possibilities for Pacific diplomacy

23 February 2021

The Pacific Islands Forum split: possibilities for Pacific diplomacy

by Greg Fry

image: Flickr/Global Environment Facility

4 September 2015

Pacific climate diplomacy and the future relevance of the Pacific Islands Forum

by Greg Fry

8 April 2015

What now for the debate on the future of Pacific regional architecture?

by Greg Fry

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