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Fiji: An election in 2014 and Bainimarama will stand
Tuesday, 21 January 2014In what may be the clearest sign yet that Fiji Prime Minister Commodore...
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Bishop in Fiji: Can Bainimarama grasp the opportunity?
Friday, 14 February 2014This is an important moment for Fiji.Today...
View ArticleAustralia-Fiji relations: Bishop's game-changer
Monday, 17 February 2014Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop sprang a surprise on Australia's Fiji watchers last Friday. She not only pulled off what looked like a friendly meeting with Fiji's...
View ArticleFiji: Bainimarama steps down, but military still waits in wings
Friday, 7 March 2014Jas Kaur[youtube:0BQrggvV1bY]Almost eight years after assuming power in Fiji, Voreque Bainimarama has fulfilled his own government decree regarding the separation of military and...
View ArticleFiji: A flurry of election activity
Wednesday, 2 April 2014[youtube:XimA3VJIqxQ]It has been standard practice for a while that the interim government of Fiji and its leader, Rear Admiral JV Bainimarama, makes big announcements late in...
View ArticleRights abuses continue in Fiji
Tuesday, 8 April 2014Shaivalini ParmarEvery year over 400,000 tourists flock to the pristine islands of Fiji, its celestial exterior barely revealing a turbulent political past. Fiji has been without...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fiji electoral law, Solomons floods, Bougainville, PNG...
Wednesday, 9 April 2014Welcome to the first Pacific Island links. Each Thursday, we will share with you the most interesting or thought provoking things the Lowy Institute's Pacific islands specialists...
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Mark Tamsitt
Research AssociateLowy Institute for International PolicyRelated Regions: Pacific Islands and New ZealandFijiSolomon IslandsRelated Issues: Fiji ElectionsAustralian perspectiveRelated...
View ArticleFemale political participation in the Pacific
Wednesday, 11 June 2014Last week I was in Tahiti (yes, I know) for PIPSA, the biannual Pacific Islands Political Science Association conference, to discuss China's role in the region and the influence...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fiji elections, Niue, Solomons budget, Fiji-Tonga,...
Thursday, 17 July 2014A weekly round up of news, commentary and analysis from and about the Pacific island region:In Fiji, the People's Democratic Party is the first to...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fiji elections, Kerry visit (Obama too?), Nauru's...
Thursday, 7 August 2014Each week we bring you a round-up of news, analysis & commentary from and about the Pacific island region:Recent changes to the Electoral Decree in Fiji creating a minimum...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fiji special
Thursday, 14 August 2014I spent some of this week in Fiji so it is the focus of this week's links:Australia will co-lead a 14-country international observer mission to Fiji for the elections on 17...
View ArticlePacific island links: Sean Dorney, Fiji elections, West Papua, Gold Ridge...
Thursday, 21 August 2014A selection of news, analysis and commentary from and about the Pacific island region.Nominations for Fiji's general elections closed on 18 August. Twelve of the received...
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How Fiji outsmarted Australia
Wednesday, 27 August 2014Alex StewartLast Friday Fijian Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama began his first visit to Australia since...
View ArticlePacific island links: West Papua, Fiji democracy, Melanesia, fisheries and more
Thursday, 28 August 2014Keep up with what has been happening in the Pacific island region with our selected links. As the 17 September election draws closer, political observers and commentators are...
View ArticleFiji's election: Women make their mark
Monday, 1 September 2014guest blogger – blankBy Jojiana Cokanasiga, an intern in the Lowy Institute's Melanesia Program. She is completing a Masters in Applied Anthropology and Participatory...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fijian hostages, Niue's economy, climate refugees,...
Thursday, 4 September 2014News, commentary and analysis from and about the Pacific island region.The UN is continuing to negotiate for the...
View ArticleFiji elections: What about the economy?
Tuesday, 9 September 2014During the time Fiji has been governed by the military, there has been much discussion about the impact of the political situation on economic performance. Satish Chand has...
View ArticleFiji's election: Fair and free?
Thursday, 11 September 2014Alex StewartOn 17 September, Fiji goes to the polls for the first time in eight years. This is a notable step forward given that, when I spoke to people in Suva a year ago,...
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Fiji’s election and Australia: the terms of re-engagement
In this Lowy Institute Policy Brief, Melanesia Program Director Jenny Hayward-Jones examines the significance of Fiji’s elections on 17 September for Australian policy towards Fiji. She argues that the...
View ArticlePacific island links: Fiji election, Tonga loans, Gaston Flosse, Micronesia...
Thursday, 11 September 2014 Catch up on news, commentary and analysis from and about the Pacific island region...The last polling to be released before the 17 September elections in Fiji indicates that...
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Fiji's election: More to do to restore democracy
Friday, 12 September 2014After eight years of Voreqe Bainimarama's military rule in Fiji, there is much excitement about...
View ArticlePodcast: 'Fiji’s elections and transition to democracy'
Tuesday, 16 September 2014On 16 September 2014, the eve of Fiji’s first general elections since the 2006 military coup, the Lowy Institute held panel discussion on Fiji’s transition to democracy. The...
View ArticleFiji Elections: Free enough and fair enough
Fiji Elections: Free enough and fair enoughAdelle NearycogitASIA25 September 2014Publication Type: Commentary
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Dr Tess Newton Cain
Nonresident FellowAreas of Expertise: Development, Aid, Governance, Papua New Guinea and the PacificRelated Regions: Pacific Islands and New ZealandPapua New GuineaFijiSolomon IslandsVanuatuRelated...
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