In 2013, British American Tobacco (BAT) returned to Myanmar a decade after it had left the country under pressure from civil society, international organizations, and the government of the United Kingdom....
‘Japan is back’: autonomy and balancing amidst an unstable China–U.S.–Japan triangle
International relations | Asia
Japan’s security policy has changed dramatically in recent years. The country balances harder against China, and its armed forces are increasingly autonomous from their American counterparts. What explains Japan’s growing autonomy...
‘Climate refugees’: an Oceanic perspective
The primary argument of this article seeks to highlight the irresponsible and insensitive categorisation of the Pacific peoples as ‘climate refugees’. International actors’ interpretation and use of such a term is...
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A framework for understanding aid effectiveness determinants, strategies and tradeoffs
Prominent reform agendas for aid abound. How do they relate to each other? This article tries to organise the aid reform literature by proposing a general framework for thinking about the...
A little less conversation? Track II Dialogue and transboundary water governance
Foreign aid donors are increasingly investing in the good governance of freshwater resources in developing countries. One method used by many such programs is Track II Dialogue—informal discussions between government and...
A new frontier in digital activism: An exploration of digital feminism in Fiji
Social media has become a crucial feature of the Pacific islands in the 21st century, providing people with the means to demand greater accountability and transparency and offering an alternative platform...