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Student Revolution—the University of Tokyo Protests of 1968 and Youth Activism Today
By Michelle Alexandra Soerjanto This article is published as a part of the collaboration between The Pacific Post and Todai Shimbun. Photo: Tokyo Shimbun (東京新聞) 1968 saw massive student protests across the globe. In the United States, students and anti-establishment youth led the peace movement in opposition to US involvement in the Vietnam War. In France, nationwide student demonstrations and worker strikes against the government and poor labour conditions pushed the country
Oct 7
Beyond Great-Power Rivalry: How the Pacific Islands Forum Is Reclaiming Agency
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
Feb 4
Décolonisation et citoyenneté inédites en Nouvelle-Calédonie : la question de l'identité Kanak autochtone
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
Feb 4
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