In separate agreements with Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Australia is attempting to edge out China’s influence in the region.

JAKARTA, April 24 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) — The remote Pacific island nation of the Marshall Islands has no guarantee of fuel supplies for the next two months due to the West Asia conflict, Finance Minister David Paul said, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported. “In order to be realistic, everything is still fluid, and anything can happen. I really cannot predict one way or the other,” Paul said in an interview with RNZ Pacific radio. The minister said the country is now “at the mercy of the market”. It relies on diesel generators for about 90 per cent of its electricity needs, making it […]

In an article first published on The Conversation, legal scholars AVIDAN KENT and ZANA SYLA look at what rising seas may mean for Pacific Island nations...