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Tag - Diplomacy

Comparing China’s and Taiwan’s aid to the Pacific

by Denghua Zhang
20 January 2020
Women weaving baskets at Lorengau market, Manus Island (Credit: Michelle N Rooney)

The gender diplomacy trap and the security race

by Nayahamui Michelle Rooney
3 December 2018
Beijing branch of the Export-Import Bank of China (Credit: VCG)

China in the Pacific: is China engaged in “debt-trap diplomacy”?

by Rohan Fox and Matthew Dornan
8 November 2018
Oprah gives away free cars (Credit: motor1.com)

Aid and soft power: handle with care

by Ashlee Betteridge
6 November 2018

The time is right for a ‘step-up’ in ABC broadcasting to the Pacific

by Jemima Garrett
9 July 2018
Opening of the COP23 by Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of Fiji (Climate Alliance Org/Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

The Island COP: changing the negotiation climate with a ‘Bula Spirit’

by George Carter
9 November 2017
Kava preparation, SW Bay, Malekula (Flickr/Austronesian Expeditions)

Pacific predictions: 2016

by Tess Newton Cain
6 January 2016
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Australia’s aid to Indonesia: a quiet good, until dragged into a fight

by Ashlee Betteridge
23 February 2015

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