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A year of greater entrenchment for Fiji’s military regime
Author: Sandra Tarte, University of the South Pacific In 2009, the political realities in Fiji became more clearly defined, but increasingly perplexing for its regional neighbors and development...
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Fiji’s search for new friends
Author: Sandra Tarte, USP, Suva In 2010, Fiji marked 40 years of independence. Significantly, the Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, chose to celebrate the anniversary at the World Expo in...
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Australia and the Pacific islands: a loss of focus or a loss of direction?
Author: Sandra Tarte, USP Recent claims in the media that Australia’s foreign minister has ‘ignored’, ‘neglected’ and ‘taken his eyes off’ the Pacific islands have underscored a number of policy...
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Japan’s Pacific Islands diplomacy at a crossroads
Author: Sandra Tarte, USP Japan’s decision not to invite Fiji’s prime minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, to the sixth Japan–Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 6), to be held in Okinawa this 25–26 May,...
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The Pacific islands in 2012: navigating diplomatic cross currents
Author: Sandra Tarte, USP When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unprecedented appearance at the 2012 Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit in the Cook Islands, some observers struggled to...
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