New Zealand and Samoa sign one way travel arrangement
WELLINGTON, Oct 18, 2021, Matani Tonga Online. One hundred and fifty Samoan workers left Samoa…
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[Analytics] AUKUS mixed reception a symptom of strategic fault-lines in Southeast Asia
AUKUS, the new trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States…
AUKUS pact to deepen Australia, US collaboration on space technology
CANBERRA, Oct 7, 2021, The Guardian. The Aukus agreement will boost collaboration between the United…
Former Australia PM Abbott says in Taiwan to help end its isolation
TAIPEI, Oct 7, 2021, Reuters. Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday he…
[Analytics] Nuclear submarines will not deter China from conflict with Taiwan
For an emerging superpower prone to petulant outbursts and coercive retaliation, China’s initial response to…
Chinese company confident fish farm in Tahiti will go ahead
TAHITI, Oct 6, 2021, RNZ. The Chinese company Tahiti Nui Ocean Foods is adamant work…
China officially applies to join mega regional trade pact
BEIJING, Sep 17, 2021, Bloomberg/Reuters. Beijing has applied to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact once…
Bangladesh inks trade and investment framework with Australia
DHAKA, Sep 16, 2021, Xinhua. Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and his counterpart Australian Minister…
[Analytics] Why Australia bet the house on lasting American power in Asia
Less than three years ago, Australia’s leader said his country need not choose between the…
Micronesian leaders to set up permanent secretariat
NAURU, Sep 11, 2021, RNZ. The leaders from Nauru, the Federated States of Micronesia, the…
[Analytics] Papua’s lost cultural crusader gets long-delayed recognition
Nobody knows precisely how it all ended, but we know what came after. On April…
[Analytics] Realising an ‘early harvest’ for Australia–India trade
Former Australian prime minister and Special Trade Envoy Tony Abbott’s recent visit to India has…