As Pacific governments seek to integrate their development and security strategies, it is important to consider local contexts, Maualaivao Maima Koro writes.

Small island states, particularly those in the Pacific, are playing a crucial role in advocating for a sustainable recovery from COVID-19, Athaulla A Rasheed writes.

Papua New Guinea is collaborating with both Australia and China to secure vaccine supply, while vaccine scepticism is decreasing immunisation rates in Melanesia, Hugh McClure writes. 

Australia is still playing a leading role in regional security, despite differences with Pacific Island nations on climate change mitigation and the presence of China in the region, James Batley writes.

Fisheries in the Pacific are at risk, and require a unified regional response in order to be preserved for future generations, Joeli Veitayaki writes.

COVID-19 is running rampant through Papua New Guinea, whilst the vaccine rollout has begun in earnest through much of the Pacific, Hugh McClure writes.