Tuvalu celebrated the official activation of its submarine cable, the Tuvalu Vaka Cable, on 24 October 2025. Funded by Australia, the United States, Taiwan, New Zealand and Japan and supported by ...

While scholarship on corruption in the Pacific is increasing, a discussion at the 2025 Pacific Update found critical research gaps remain.

Inequality of voting opportunity in the Highlands is a problem for all Papua New Guineans, says Thiago Cintra Oppermann.

Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation CEO Tenanoia Simona (left), Minister Simon Kofe and Australia’s then Deputy High Commissioner to Tuvalu at the Tuvalu Vaka Cable Activation Ceremony ...

As the dust settles on the United Nations COP30 climate talks in Brazil, a lot of questions remain. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, are the UN talks still fit for purpose? How can countries ...

If Indonesia's leaders are serious about strengthening regional development, vertical fiscal transfers must be made automatic, says Ronny P Sasmita.

New Guinea is staggeringly rich in life. Occupying just 0.5% of Earth’s land surface, it hosts an estimated 5-8% of all species. This abundance is reflected in more than 2,800 orchid species, over ...

According to the recent PNG National Census, the country’s population is around 10 million people. Four million are under the age of 18. Though the accuracy of the census figures is debatable, the ...

The topic of ageing societies is not new to Sri Lanka. Population projections point to a much higher proportion of the elderly in the near future with one estimate suggesting that the share of those ...

“The choice is ours.” This sentence has echoed in my mind throughout the time I spent in Sudan as part of the Médecins Sans Frontières operational support team responding to the growing humanitarian ...

Armed clashes along the Cambodia–Thailand border in late July 2025 showed once more how fragile peace is in Southeast Asia. According to the NGO Save the Children, over 1,200 schools in both countries ...

Prior to the 2025 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting, one of us (Eliuta) argued that China’s tactics over past Forums to marginalise Taiwan have aimed to reinforce the “One China” principle.