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Frank Bainimarama Stop Being A Terrorist

An Australian academic has been taken into custody in Fiji and is being questioned by the military after giving several media interviews on the current political situation. Professor Brij Lal, a long-time academic at Ca…
UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY ON MILITARY REGIMES

Unfortunately, military regimes are no better and usually worse than the civilian regimes they replace. They are authoritarian, repressive and decidedly undemocratic. They are not accountable to the public; they r…
Australia to Lead Democratic Pacific Island Nations at G20

The following information was released by the Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer of the Australian Federal Government:Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry has met with Economic Ministers from across…
Fiji Not Part of PIFS World Bank MOU

The World Bank and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Rarogonta, the Cook Islands, on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in the Pacific. The agreement will see the organi…
FIJI TAX OFFICIALS IN BEIJING FOR INTERNATIONAL TAX DIALOGUE

Delegations from more than 84 countries and regions will participate in the International Tax Dialogue (ITD) conference in Beijing Monday, and a host of international experts from governments, the private sector and acad…
UNITED STATES SMART POWER AND CHINA

WHEN Hillary Clinton said in January that America should exercise “smart power”, Chinese officials and commentators pricked up their ears. Here was a neat way of describing, some of them said, what China too was try…
Foreign Direct Investment to Fiji | World Bank
Why Barack Obama will FAIL

How can Obama possibly live up to his Nobel? By using it to strike a deal in the Middle East The Nobel Peace Prize, presented prospectively--a triumph of hope over inexperience--threatens to become a central metaphor…
Obama Biden Foreign Policy Wavering

Want to know how to deal with a momentous issue of war or grand strategy? You could do a lot worse than check out what Vice-President Joe Biden thinks - and plump for the opposite. Mr Biden was chosen as Barack…
ICC sign MOU with World Bank - Bainimarama Arrest by Interpol Pending

The following information was released by the International Criminal Court: The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Integrity Vice President of the World Bank Group (INT) Mr. Leonard…