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13 July 2022

Political instability in PNG: it’s not just about the top job

by Henry Ivarature

Supporters at a campaign rally in Papua New Guinea, June 2022

8 July 2022

Time for action at the Forum on female political representation in the Pacific

by Stephen Howes and Sadhana Sen

9 May 2022

Timor-Leste politics: the old guard, the new president and the casuarina tree (ai kakeu)

by Michael Rose

27 April 2022

Solomon Islands’ first female premier: lessons learned

by Sonia Palmieri

4 April 2022

Rethinking Solomon Islands security

by Transform Aqorau

Senator Penny Wong at an ALP fundraising event in February 2021 (Jenny Scott-Flickr)

23 March 2022

Labor on aid: 2022

by Stephen Howes and Huiyuan Liu

Bougainville public servants on a ‘unity walk’ in February 2022 (Autonomous Bougainville Government-Facebook)

1 March 2022

Bougainville parliament prevents public service politicisation

by Joseph Nobetau

25 November 2021

Solomon Islands’ slippery slide to self-implosion

by Transform Aqorau

to enter the outer islands polling place in the capital Nuku'alofa

19 November 2021

All change in Tonga

by Henry Ivarature and Ema Finau Ivarature

Her Royal Highness Princess Latufuipeka Tuku’aho

19 November 2021

No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story

by ‘Ofakilevuka (‘Ofa) Guttenbeil-Likiliki

Samiuela 'Akilisi Pohiva, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 70th session.

16 November 2021

Tonga election 2021 – missing the ‘Akilisi Pohiva election factor

by Ema Finau Ivarature

26 August 2021

What political crises in Vanuatu and Samoa tell us about their past and future

by Terence Wood

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