Detailing the inquiry into Australia’s advocacy efforts against the death penalty, this report finds that Australia’s advocacy strategies must be reevaluated and revamped in order to be effective in a contemporary human rights environment.

This paper makes initial policy proposals concerning the following Pacific maritime security issues: responding to geopolitical competition; legal and regulatory environment; fisheries cooperation; transnational crime; and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. It also makes initial policy proposals for how partner countries can enhance their maritime security assistance and cooperation in the Pacific Islands region.

An analysis of the systems and structures that contribute to the unequal distribution of wealth and power between the Global North and the Global South. The report identifies colonial practices that continue to shape global institutions, economic policies, and power dynamics. It makes the case for a new global economic system based on justice and...

This brief provides an overview of recent commentary from Chinese official and state-affiliated sources about China’s foreign policy made since the re-election of Donald Trump. Identifying a set of themes from publicly available material provides insight into how Beijing policymakers conceptualise international problems and the range of prevailing opinions in their immediate circles.

The ocean is critical to the lives and livelihoods of Pacific people, and Pacific Island countries manage more than 10% of the earth’s oceans. This set of 13 papers examines what maritime security means in the Pacific Islands region, what maritime security mechanisms exist and what forms of assistance partners are providing in the region.