Opinion: Harris and the Pacific Islands: Delivering on a Pacific vision

In the whirlwind of speeches to cement Kamala Harris’ presidential credentials, the Pacific Islands have hardly rated a

Read More

Official says Washington’s Indo-Pacific policy to remain in place no matter who wins the presidential election

Washington’s alliance with the Indo-Pacific region is sealed in place and won’t change no matter who gets elected president in November, according to a State Department official. “I’ve never seen a stronger

Read More

Budget cuts would be ‘devastating’ and ‘deadly’, say U.S. diplomats

Cuts to the U.S. State Department’s 2025 budget proposed by the House of Representatives would be “deadly” and “devastating” to American efforts to counter China’s growing power in the Indo-Pacific region,

Read More

As protests grow in New Caledonia, Australia backs France’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

As the French National Assembly and Senate debate changes to New Caledonia’s electoral laws, there are protests in the streets of Noumea. On Saturday 13 April, tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of

Read More

Military leaders convene for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defence meeting in Fiji

Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the Chiefs of Defence from the Asia-Pacific region meeting provided an opportunity for participants to strengthen people to people relationships, share ideas, learn from

Read More

Civil Society call for release of Indo-Pacific Trade Pact Text

Pacific civil society groups are calling for the release of agreements and key documents from the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).  A letter was sent to Trade Ministers after the May meeting of Trade

Read More

France not seeking to ‘fuel competition’ in region

France’s Ambassador for the Indo-Pacific says the Indo-Pacific Strategy should not fuel further strategic competition in the region. During a recent visit to Fiji, Ambassador Marc Abensour said while there is great

Read More

French Senate committee questions Indo-Pacific Strategy

The French Senate in Paris has issued a report sharply critiquing France’s official Indo-Pacific Strategy, highlighting the lack of capacity of French military forces deployed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The

Read More

‘Quad’ security group to track Indo-Pacific illegal fishing

The U.S, Japan, Australia and India will on Tuesday unveil a maritime initiative aimed at curbing illegal fishing in the Indo-Pacific, a U.S official said, in the latest effort by the “Quad” to counter Chinese

Read More