My The Lowy Institute colleague Jessica Collins is quoted in the Financial Review today, discussing the soft-power implications of fewer Australian banks providing services to Nauru amid competition from the Bank of China afr.com/companies/fina…

Canberrans, join us next Monday at Old Parliament House! I’m looking forward to participating in this event along with Senator Penny Wong, Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality, Lailanie Burnes, Fiona Hukula, Loau Donina Va’a, and my The Lowy Institute colleague Jessica Collins.

I’m delighted to announce that New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will deliver a special foreign policy address to the The Lowy Institute on Thursday and also take our questions. Join us on the livestream! resources.lowyinstitute.org/docs/lowy-inst…

The The Lowy Institute & FDC were delighted to host a discussion in Canberra last night about Pacific women’s leadership. The excellent panel of Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality, Fiona Hukula, Loau Donina Va'a & Lailanie Burnes was chaired by our own Jessica Collins. Thanks to Senator Penny Wong for her remarks.

The The Lowy Institute was delighted to host New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon for a special address tonight. You can watch the PM's remarks and his conversation with the Institute's Executive Director Michael Fullilove. 📺youtube.com/live/OcdezzVSy…

Congratulations to my colleagues Mihai Sora, Jessica Collins and Prof Meg Keen on their excellent new The Lowy Institute Data Snapshot analysing the increasingly competitive geopolitical landscape in the Pacific. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/great…

Fascinating figures in The Lowy Institute interactive on intensifying engagement/competition in Pacific - 18 new embassies since 2017 - individual donors jumping from 31 (in 2008) to 82 - frenetic pace of bilateral/multilateral engagements (178 since 2021) interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/great…

Fantastic and wide-ranging new interactive analysis from Mihai Sora, Prof Meg Keen and Jessica Collins.

Yesterday, Michael Fullilove , Jessica Collins , and I were delighted to welcome Hon Michael McCormack, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific, to the The Lowy Institute for a discussion on geopolitics and other key challenges facing our region.

With the Pacific making headlines this week, I learned so much from this new report by Mihai Sora Jessica Collins and Prof Meg Keen - balanced, informative and contrary to Global Times, definitely not riddled with bias. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/great… 👇

NEW RESEARCH: Pacific Islanders have found their region, previously undervalued by larger powers, now a focal point for strategic competition, write Mihai Sora, Prof Meg Keen and Jessica Collins. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/great…

PNG Prime Minister James Marape extremely pleased by the cordial tone struck by the US and China during the PIF partners dialogue (more than a few people here have remarked on this) and says - perhaps optimistically- the two great powers have found common cause in the Pacific

NEW RESEARCH: Australia leads the pack of international partners funding women’s development in the Pacific, but financing for gender inequality in the region still falls below global averages, a Lowy Institute Data Snapshot by Jessica Collins reveals. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

Pacific Islands women are not receiving enough development funding. Only about 3% of aid had gender equality as its “principal” target, and only a quarter of all aid had gender equality as a “significant” focus. Important new research from Jessica Collins interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

Brilliant new work from Jessica Collins The Lowy Institute Riley Duke: Development dollars are missing their gender equality target in the region IWDA ACFID ActionAid Australia Australian International Development Network UN Women Australia interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

[NEW RESEARCH] Gender inequality is a widespread and persistent problem in Pacific Island countries, yet total donor investments to address gender equality in the region fall below the global average, writes Jessica Collins. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

Pacific women are underfunded. Aus is a regional leader for gender equality funding, while China's not pulling its weight (<0.1% of its Pacific aid goes to women). Funding falls short of global averages while needs remain high across the region. Riley Duke interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

Women in the #PacificIslands are the backbone of their communities, yet they remain critically underfunded. Explore revealing new The Lowy Institute research from Jessica Collins and Riley Duke on this pressing issue. interactives.lowyinstitute.org/features/women…

Story: the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat targeted by hackers linked to the Chinese government. Australia has sent teams of cyber experts to Suva this year to help abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

Concerns over governance and control of digital information intersect with opportunities such as Starlink's potential to bridge the digital divide - beneath the surface of Pacific digital infrastructure investments. My latest in East Asia Forum: eastasiaforum.org/2024/09/17/ben…