The current practice of political economy analysis (PEA) is focused on the dynamics of the external context that an aid program is working in, mostly at the level of national governments, the actions ...

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Rick Brennan is an emergency medicine and public health physician specializing in humanitarian assistance, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, and emergency management. He was Regional Emergency ...

Over 305 million people need humanitarian assistance globally today — a staggering number that has almost trebled over the past decade. Tragically, as these needs increase across fragile states such ...

Shanice Espiritu-Amador is Policy and Engagment Officer at the Australian National University's Philippines Institute. She is also a Sessional Academic for the Crawford School of Public Policy and a ...

Pacific journalists see themselves not just as neutral observers and commentators but as active cultural participants, say ...

As Fiji inches toward the 2026 general elections, our nation stands at a pivotal juncture. The question looming over our political future is not merely about policies or party platforms but about ...

Off-grid solar power could be transformational for PNG if it were to adapt proven solutions, say Martin Davies and Christian Lohberger.

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Australia is complicit in the starvation of Gaza while we don't do more to condemn war crimes, accept refugees and ban arms ...

Resurgent geopolitical competition in the Indo-Pacific has revived longstanding concerns about Australia and other Western donors instrumentalising aid programs to advance national interests rather ...