The Indonesian province of Papua has grown distrustful of the national government over its inability to deliver the autonomy and progress it was promised 19 years ago, write Petrus K Farneubun and Johni RV Korwa.

There are fears that rural Papua New Guinea may be underreporting COVID-19 cases, whilst the leaders of Micronesian states free of the virus are preparing to meet in person for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, writes Hugh McClure.

In the first episode in our ‘Making the invisible, visible’ bonus series, Professor Sharon Bessell joins us to discuss the limitations of the international poverty line and what new research has revealed about the gendered, multidimensional nature of poverty.

China’s development interests in Kiribati is causing strategic concern in the US, but Kiribati sees the benefits for climate adaptation and tourism, writes Christopher Pala.

The Chinese military’s modernisation and the escalating tensions in China-US relations in the Indo-Pacific is likely to make Pacific Islands more important to the PLA, writes Denghua Zhang.

The recent re-election of the pro-China Maamau administration in Kiribati has created opportunities and risks – and it’s not all about the fishing, writes Christopher Pala.