By Thibaud Brilland Picture Credit: RNZ In September 2025, the Solomon Islands hosted the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Summit. Despite being one of China’s key partners in the region since the signing of a framework agreement in March 2022, Honiara made a striking decision: it excluded the Forum’s usual dialogue partners, including China, the United States, France, and Japan, from the summit. In doing so, PIF member states asserted their agency under the “Blue Pacific” doctrin

By Marilou Moisset Kanaks demonstrating in Paris, 1st May 2024. Photo: Colin Falconer Wamytan Roch, chef coutumier kanak indépendantiste de la Nouvelle Calédonie affirme souhaiter que l’ensemble du peuple calédonien comprenne son identité comme intrinsèquement océanienne plutôt que française. Conscient de la diversité ethnique présente sur le territoire, il affirme d’autant plus son espoir qu’une croissance démographique de la population autochtone kanak lui permettra de deve

By Angelia Lanna Chams UN News- https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165767 Out of the 69 countries that criminalise same-sex sexual activity, six are located in Oceania. While these six countries vary in how and what they criminalise, the recent enforcement of anti-sodomy laws in Papua New Guinea has raised renewed questions about whether these laws are being meaningfully challenged today. With a maximum punishment of 14 years’ imprisonment, Section 210 of the Criminal Code