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Stewart Firth

Stewart Firth is a Research Fellow at the Department of Pacific Affairs at ANU.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo hosted the President of Palau Tommy Remengesau, President of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine and President of the Federated States of Micronesia David Panuelo in Washington DC in May 2019 (Flickr/US Department of State/Ron Przysucha)

10 August 2020

American strategic considerations drive compact negotiations in Micronesia: part 2

by Stewart Firth

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo with Micronesia President David Panuelo, Marshallese President Hilda Heine and Palauan Vice President Raynold Oilouch during his visit to the Federated States of Micronesia, August 2019 (Flickr/US Department of State/Ron Przysucha)

6 August 2020

American strategic considerations drive compact negotiations in Micronesia: part 1

by Stewart Firth

Officials at work in the results centre for the Fiji election (Credit: ABC News/Michael Barnett)

16 November 2018

Fiji elections: Bainimarama rebuked but returned

by Stewart Firth

16 May 2016

Democracy in Nauru under threat

by Stewart Firth

Fiji Prime Minister Bainimarama speaking at the 2015 UN General Assembly (Flickr/UN Photo/Cia Pak)

1 February 2016

The Pacific’s state of independence

by Stewart Firth

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