Category: Research

Report Launch: “Rapid Cost Benefit Assessment – A New Approach to Prioritizing for Tonga”

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No nation, however rich, has enough resources to do everything. Hard choices must be made. Ultimately, the trade-off is the defining characteristic of politics: deciding where to spend extra resources first. Click this link to Download Report Every nation has many demands but limited resources. If we can’t do everything right away, where should we … Continue reading Report Launch: “Rapid Cost Benefit Assessment – A New Approach to Prioritizing for Tonga”

Report launch: Indo-Pacific strategies, perceptions and partnerships

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Indo-Pacific Strategies, Perceptions and Partnerships: ‘The view from seven countries’. The US, France, India, Japan and Tonga all had local partners engaged in the project. ROI co-hosted a roundtable with the Tongan policymaking and strategic communities in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. For close to two years, Chatham House researched changes in strategic perceptions of the Indo-Pacific from … Continue reading Report launch: Indo-Pacific strategies, perceptions and partnerships

Indo-Pacific Strategies, Perceptions and Partnerships

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Indo-Pacific Strategies, Perceptions and Partnerships: ‘The view from seven countries’. The US, France, India, Japan and Tonga all had local partners engaged in the project. ROI co-hosted a roundtable with the Tongan policymaking and strategic communities in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Research Paper By Cleo Paskal Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Resources Programme and Asia-Pacific Programme As … Continue reading Indo-Pacific Strategies, Perceptions and Partnerships

2020 Indo-Pacific strategies: The view from seven countries

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On 18 February 2020, the Royal Oceania Institute (ROI) co-hosted a closed roundtable with Chatham House as part of the project ”Indo-Pacific strategies: The view from seven countries’. The US, France, India, Japan and Tonga all had local partners engaged in the project. The roundtable with the Tongan policymaking and strategic communities took place in … Continue reading 2020 Indo-Pacific strategies: The view from seven countries

What is the ‘Plus’ in PACER Plus?

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A big part of the narrative around PACER Plus has been that it is more than just a standard free trade agreement. The ‘plus’ as far as Australia and New Zealand are concerned is the inclusion of a chapter on development assistance. For much of the negotiation period, Pacific island negotiators have attempted to get the ‘plus’ to include guarantees around labour mobility.