Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Pacific Summary 2026
An annual assessment of the security situation in the Pacific, including my thoughts about the key trends and concerns in…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
NATO summit and potential Pacific trends This week NATO celebrates its 75th anniversary at its annual summit in Washington. The…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
US deploys its first Replicator Programme drones to the Pacific The US Indo-Pacific command is due to receive the first…
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
Trouble in New Caledonia This week violent rioting broke out in Noumea, the capital of France’s Pacific colony, New Caledonia. …
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – A simple explanation of this week’s military and political developments in the Pacific
South China Sea, a multi-national response to Chinese aggression On 7 April, Australia, Japan and the United States started a…
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PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024
Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand’s only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year — and it will mark the occasion at the Pacific Media International Conference in Fiji in July.
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Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update
NATO countries plan more exercises in the Pacific In mid-2024, German, Spanish and French aircraft will participate in a series…
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How the ‘chief covidiot’ has blocked world health unity with WHO freeze
Pushed into the background by the relentless sad statistics and pandemic doomsday stories around the globe are some other stories in the Pacific that normally struggle to get an airing in mainstream media.
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Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic
While the Pacific infection rates are still relatively low, many governments have been responding with panic, paranoia and creeping authoritarianism, especially in relation to freedom of information, media independence and constructive and accurate communication, so vital in these critical times.
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Rappler challenges Duterte’s ‘media powers’ in democracy fight back
As well as attacks on Rappler, President Duterte has also recently targeted the country’s main local TV station, ABS-CBN, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer with threats and punitive red tape in response to criticism of his autocratic leadership style.