Tag: Fiji

Last week Fiji took delivery of a shipment of Russian weapons that were "donated" by Russia pursuant to a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...

Fiji represents the latest iteration of a "top-down" transition from authoritarian to elected civilian rule. "Top down" regime transitions are those where the outgoing...

Futures Forecast: A "Guarded" Democracy in Fiji. Paul G. Buchanan Change of Guard Ceremony, Government House, Suva. Republic of Fiji Military Forces hand over guardship to...

Fiji: Selwyn Manning Interviews Coalition For Democracy In Fiji's Nik Naidu on Fiji's Slow Walk Back To Democracy This Week: Selwyn Manning interviews Nik Naidu...

The Weird Twist Underlying the NZSIS Raid on Fiji’s Pro-Democracy Movement Dispatch - By Selwyn Manning. Yesterday veteran Pacific journalist Mike Field broke this story where...

Analytic Brief: Managing Policy Fade* From time to time 36th Parallel Assessments offers analytic briefs on subjects of diplomatic, geopolitical and strategic interest. This week’s...

Fiji's Military Regime Deploys More Personnel To UN Ops Than Australia, Canada, New Zealand Combined Dispatch/Forecast - by Selwyn Manning. Since the 2006 Fiji coup Commodore...

Status of Forces Report Part 2: Military Professionalism in the South Pacific. 36th Parallel Assessment Series – By Paul G. Buchanan Introduction: In Part One of the...

36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 07 2012 36th Parallel Assessments France/French Polynesia: Left-wing candidate François Hollande has defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday's runoff, exit...

Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning on Why Australia & NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea's Crisis Introduction: As Papua New...