AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoPacific Islands Forum in Palau: Taiwan is back at this year’s PIF events after being barred in 2025, with Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung set to attend dialogue and related activities—prompting fresh pushback from China. Geopolitics and security: Pacific leaders are heading into the 55th Forum with a tougher agenda shaped by great-power rivalry, transnational crime, and pressure on regional unity, as Australia’s growing defence and policing links deepen. Climate and ocean focus for COP31: Fiji and Tuvalu are urging COP31 to put the ocean at the centre of climate action, while Pacific leaders look to build support for a new Pacific Resilience Facility to fund renewables, resilience, and ocean protection. Tuvalu culture and history: A film revisiting Nukulaelae’s 1863 blackbirding has moved audiences in tears, with Tuvalu’s PM saying reparation or compensation could be considered. Regional diplomacy shifts: Kiribati is considering a constitutional change to make it harder for future governments to switch diplomatic recognition back to Taiwan.
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