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Extract from Frank Bongiorno's brilliant new book 👇 Book extract: Dreamers and schemers and the election that changed us theconversation.com/book-extract-d… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

On the cover we asked a range of voices (吕频Lü Pin, Swarna Rajagopalan, Xeniya Udod, Patricia O’Brien) to reflect on the rights of women across Asia. They paint a picture of entrenched patriarchy, but also the bravery of women pushing for progress. thediplomat.com/2022/10/womens…

The deaths of thousands of workers should be the only story being run about the #FIFA2022 World Cup. So shocking on so many levels. What century are we living in? #auspol

Some reflections from me on the weight of Fiji’s history as it navigates its new political era thediplomat.com/2023/02/histor… The Pacific Newsroom Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) Georgetown MASIA #auspol Katie Putz

Many thanks to this week's POLITICO China Watcher contributors Patricia O’Brien Danny Russel @davidstilwell David R. Stilwell Susan Thornton Gavin Bade Dr. Leta Hong Fincher 洪理达 Frank Dikotter politico.com/newsletters/po…

In her latest commentary, Patricia O’Brien covers Fiji’s transition to a People’s Coalition government and the new era under Sitiveni Rabuka, including how it’s navigating reforms, traditional partnerships, and threats from “loyalist” officials. Read it here: cs.is/3XekYvy

"Despite a substantial domestic agenda and an abundance of political intrigue, Rabuka has already made a significant mark on foreign policy." > Patricia O’Brien on the ramifications of Fiji's new govt csis.org/analysis/new-e…

Some thoughts from me about the politics of apologies in the Pacific 🇫🇯🇰🇮🇼🇸🇳🇿🇨🇰🇹🇻🇹🇴🇺🇸🇲🇭🇦🇺and 🇵🇬The Diplomat The Pacific Newsroom thediplomat.com/2023/02/the-po…

Really looking forward to this! Hawaiʻi's Law School

Thank you Dr Bal Kama - really appreciate your feedback. Australia’s reckoning with its history in PNG is long overdue. I have been working on excavating that past for decades and it still continues to shock me.

Great interview @chriswallace.bsky.social. I learnt a lot

My take on similar political machinations in Fiji and Samoa that appear to have killed two colossal political careers by committee rather then coups…The Pacific Newsroom Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA) #auspol thediplomat.com/2023/02/in-fij…

Me too! thanks again

Thank you Katie!

Really insightful piece Gordon Peake

A great story about a wonderful book and in The Aus too!!! So pleased for you Rachel Buchanan

Great piece Kenneth - a must read

The specter of geostrategic competition being mapped onto Fiji’s political fault lines remains a distinct possibility that would be deeply damaging for the nation, and region, as a whole, writes Patricia O’Brien in the May magazine. buff.ly/3AMf0t9

‘China, Fiji and the Fentanyl Scourge’ – grim but important reading from ⁦Patricia O’Brien⁩ ⁦Georgetown MASIA⁩ ⁦Georgetown University⁩ ⁦The Diplomat⁩ #auspol thediplomat.com/2024/04/china-…