Pacific – Page 13 – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Tackling cervical cancer in the Western Pacific https://www.openforum.com.au/tackling-cervical-cancer-in-the-western-pacific/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 22:08:49 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32641 Researchers at The Kirby Institute will collaborate on a first-of-its-kind program to set Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu on a path to eliminating cervical cancer.

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Australia’s evolving guarantee to the South Pacific https://www.openforum.com.au/australias-evolving-guarantee-to-the-south-pacific/ Sun, 18 Apr 2021 22:22:28 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32610 Australia is strengthening its security guarantees to the Pacific in the light of Chinese expansion, but the region may be taking this protection for granted in terms of their own policies.

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Relationships build resilience in the Indo-Pacific https://www.openforum.com.au/relationships-build-resilience-in-the-indo-pacific/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:56:43 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32488 As we move out of the pandemic, Australia has the opportunity as a middle power to match our rhetoric with practical action. We have the opportunity to become a good neighbour. Let’s not let it pass us by.

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ADF health partnerships should be the next step in Australia’s Pacific step-up https://www.openforum.com.au/adf-health-partnerships-should-be-the-next-step-in-australias-pacific-step-up/ Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:02:48 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32464 An enhanced role for the ADF in regional health security might become a successful example of mutually beneficial partnerships between the ADF and our Pacific neighbours.

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The COVID crisis on our doorstep https://www.openforum.com.au/the-covid-crisis-on-our-doorstep/ Sat, 20 Mar 2021 22:41:32 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32221 Our neighbour’s stability and prosperity are in our interests too. There can be no better example of this than the current crisis in PNG.

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Pacific Islands Forum: Finding meaning in a ‘typo’? https://www.openforum.com.au/pacific-islands-forum-finding-meaning-in-a-typo/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:47:47 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=32141 Recent turmoil in the Pacific Islands Forum has been complicated by the association's nebulous treaty status.

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Fractures from within: What now for the Pacific Islands Forum? https://www.openforum.com.au/fractures-from-within-what-now-for-the-pacific-islands-forum/ Sun, 28 Feb 2021 02:11:35 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=31954 The Micronesian states’ decision to withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum has fractured the esteemed organisation in a deep and potentially disruptive way for Pacific regionalism. The question of where we go from here remains unanswered.

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Government focuses on strategic shaping as DFAT drops soft-power review https://www.openforum.com.au/government-focuses-on-strategic-shaping-as-dfat-drops-soft-power-review/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 22:52:12 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=31905 Until the last decade, Australia was the pre-eminent international media voice in the South Pacific, but we're falling behind our allies and competitors.

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The Pacific Islands Forum can survive this crisis too https://www.openforum.com.au/the-pacific-islands-forum-can-survive-this-crisis-too/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:50:12 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=31773 The recent split among member states in the Pacific Island Forum is only the latest in a litany of crisis, and certainly does not herald the end of regional cooperation.

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Learning from measles to fight coronavirus https://www.openforum.com.au/learning-from-measles-to-fight-coronavirus/ Thu, 26 Nov 2020 21:57:29 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=30763 The Samoan Government learned some sobering lessons about maintaining confidence in public health during the 2019 measles epidemic which have been applied to the fight against COVID-19.

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Covid-19 could bring a telehealth revolution in Fiji https://www.openforum.com.au/covid-19-could-bring-a-telehealth-revolution-in-fiji/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:59:42 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=30605 The provision of flexible, adaptable and reusable hardware, software and communication tools, supervised by an suitable regulatory body, could give the people of Fiji greater access to comprehensive, high-quality online healthcare.

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How the US can build cooperation in the Pacific https://www.openforum.com.au/how-the-us-can-build-cooperation-in-the-pacific/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:01:15 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=30331 The United States is in the midst of a major shift in focus to the Indo-Pacific as it competes with China for global influence. This contest will affect key US priorities and require comprehensive policy engagement with Pacific island nations and other partners in the region.

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