U. S think tank, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a discussion with Assistant Secretary of State, Kurt M. Camp...

by Whaleoil on September 5, 2012 I was in at NewstalkZB this morning and Leighton Smith grabbed me on the way past and we spoke for a f...

by Whaleoil on September 5, 2012  W hile in Fiji I was fortunate to meet Pio Tikoduadua, Permanent Secretary – Office of the Prime Minis...

Video of Clinton's arrival in Rarotonga (posted below). Club Em Designs

U S Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s decision to attend the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in the Cook Islands this week signals the grow...

Related: The Eye Opener- Australia, the US, and the Asia-Pacific Pivot. Club Em Designs

T he 43rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Cook Islands has been hyped as a much anticipated affair, not so much about the agenda, but mor...

The Asia-Pacific region is covered by a recent podcast by Corbett report who interviews nascent blogger Broc West. Podcast (posted bel...

By Dr Subhash Kapila Introductory Observations W estern Pacific as the Western half of the P...

Source: Australia Network News-Newsline Territorial disputes in the South China Sea have divided ASEAN and caused friction between China a...

I n the days of the Cold War, the Pacific firmly belonged to the United States’ Pacific Fleet. The Pacific consisted, in the minds of US mil...

By Patrick O’Connor 4 August 2012 A ustralia has re-established full diplomatic ties with Fiji and dropped most of the sanctions that w...

by: Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin   August 03, 2012 12:00AM FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr's announcement this ...

July 31st, 2012 If you follow this blog you read in May about the 'thaw" reported today on Stuff . No sign yet of our de...

Podcast Powered By Podbean  (Click above to hear the audio on the Radio Australia interview with Bob Carr, di...

By James Cogan 25 July 2012 O ver the past two weeks, American military commanders and strategic analysts, undoubtedly acting in close ...