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An emerging chasm in Pacific integration

“The Forum Secretariat is currently coordinating a review of The Pacific Plan, while the MSG Secretariat is coordinating a review of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to chart a way forward for the next twenty five years.

On the surface, it all looks very progressive for regional integration. But look a bit deeper, and what emerges is a Deep Chasm opening up between two groups of Pacific countries, with donors leading one side, and a truculent semi-independent group on the other. The two reviews have fascinating contrasts, with one unfortunate common element so far…”

Read more in the 27 February post to Islands Business by Prof. Warden Narsey.

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SPC and MSG (Secretariat) forge partnership

Media release from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Headquarters, Noumea, New Caledonia [read more].
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Pacific tilting west to PNG – and Super Power rivalry

A new post by Prof. Wadan Narsey (USP) to AUT’s Pacific Scoop. For more articles by Prof. Narsey, see the Fiji section of ANU’s SSGM Program.

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Pacific Buzz (April 3): PNG protests | New Tongan king | Samoan economy | Sub regional meetings | Fish…and more

A roundup of development policy issues in the Pacific by the Pacific Institute of Public Policy and the Development Policy Centre. [read more...]
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The Melanesian Spearhead Group: testing Pacific island solidarity

ASPI Policy Analysis #74 by Ronald May (ANU). This Policy Analysis argues that a unified Melanesian Spearhead Group, backed by China, could provide a counterweight to the strong influences exerted by Australia and New Zealand through the Pacific Islands Forum. With a meeting of the MSG due to be held in Fiji in the first quarter of 2011, the paper reviews the recent history of the MSG and considers the possible implications of events for Australia’s role in the region.

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