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A Vicious Spiral: Political Violence in Fragile Democracies
By Jordan Ryan | 13 September, 2025
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the United States on 10 September 2025 signals a renewed threat to democratic stability in the United States and beyond.
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There Is No Security Without Development, Anything Else Is a Distraction
By Anna Naupa | 11 September, 2025
The region’s evolving discussions about a proposed ‘Ocean of Peace’ should not dilute or distract from existing commitments under the Pacific Islands Forum’s 2018 "Boe Declaration on Regional Security".
Department of War: George Orwell Would Feel Validated
By Herbert Wulf | 10 September, 2025
The ‘President of Peace’, as the White House has called him, has once again signed one of his many executive orders. With this latest document, he has officially established the Department of War.
The Pacific’s United Front on Climate Action is Splintering Over Deep-Sea Mining
By Kolaia Raisele and Aidan Craney | 09 September, 2025
The Pacific island nations united front is now under strain as some Pacific nations pursue a controversial new industry – deep-sea mining.
Do We Need a Pacific Peace Index?
By Anna Naupa | 05 September, 2025
As regional dialogue about an ‘Ocean of Peace’ concept advances, a dedicated Pacific Peace Index might provide additional form to an evolving political dialogue amongst Pacific Islands Forum member states
US Bars Palestinian Delegation: A Dangerous Precedent for UN Universality
By Jordan Ryan | 04 September, 2025
While past exclusions of entry to the US targeted individuals, the revoking of visas—directed at an entire visiting leadership delegation from the PA and PLO—is without precedent in UN history.
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