Correspondents
15 November 2024
France has delayed elections in New Caledonia to enable negotiations on a new political statute. But what happens if a deal can’t be struck?
Essays & reportage
21 October 2024
Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies?
Books & arts
23 September 2024
A double biography reveals the creative partnership between Robert Louis and Fanny Stevenson
Correspondents
20 September 2024
An Australian plan to improve policing in the Pacific deals with just one element of the islands’ crime and conflict problem
International
15 August 2024
Le Parisien’s headline captures the post-Olympic challenges facing France’s new left-dominated government, not least in New Caledonia
Correspondents
23 July 2024
As protests continue across New Caledonia, a high-profile Loyalist politician claims indigenous Kanak and the West are divided by “insurmountable antagonisms”
Books & arts
17 July 2024
Nicholas Thomas asks new questions about the women and cultures represented in the French artist’s work
International
25 May 2024
Emmanuel Macron flew halfway around the world but failed to achieve a breakthrough in a crisis that’s damaging French diplomacy in the Pacific
Correspondents
10 May 2024
As the United States prepares for conflict with China, its military build-up in Micronesia is intensifying
Essays & reportage
3 May 2024
Villages are banding together in the Solomon Islands to show that carbon credits can have multiple benefits
International
26 January 2024
Will this week’s election bring a change of orientation for the island nation?
International
15 December 2023
The new treaty between Australia and Tuvalu fits in a long history of regional initiatives
Books & arts
14 December 2023
Fifty years later, the Vietnam war still echoes around Southeast Asia and across the Pacific
Correspondents
24 November 2023
The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well
Correspondents
20 November 2023
A lawyer in the Marshall Islands, a former US national archivist and a Catalan museum director came together to protect vital archives
National affairs
24 October 2023
… and other encounters with Bill Hayden, foreign minister 1983–88
Essays & reportage
5 October 2023
While the French president risks a new civil war just three hours’ flight from Australia, Canberra’s diplomacy remains muted
Correspondents
8 May 2023
The closing of New Caledonia’s only daily comes at a delicate point in the debate over the French territory’s future
Books & arts
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
International
20 December 2022
Scientists and Pacific governments are worried by Japan’s plan to dump radioactive wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
Essays & reportage
1 November 2022
Penny Wong wants an Australia that’s more than just a supporting player in the grand drama of global geopolitics
International
8 December 2021
By forcing the pace of New Caledonia’s self-determination process, France’s overseas minister risks an illegitimate vote this weekend
International
9 November 2021
Pacific voices, young and old, have been calling for action at COP26
International
14 October 2021
With anti-nuclear sentiment on the rise across the islands, the Morrison government’s nuclear submarine ambitions have undercut the prime minister’s claim to be part of the…
Books & arts
16 July 2021
Anthropologist Nicholas Thomas is a skilled and knowledgeable guide to Pacific voyaging
International
1 July 2021
In a bid to end the constitutional crisis, Samoa’s Supreme Court has ruled that parliament must meet by 5 July
International
15 June 2021
France’s unilateral decision to bring forward a third independence vote might end in tears
National affairs
3 June 2021
Have reporters’ cliches got in the way of understanding how Pacific islanders are dealing with climate change?
International
15 April 2021
Fearful of growing Chinese influence, the Trump White House pledged increased engagement with the Pacific islands. Will Joe Biden follow suit?
International
2 October 2020
A vote against independence in New Caledonia this weekend won’t end the quest for nationhood