Amid a US retreat from the Pacific under President Donald Trump, and intense competition for regional influence between Australia and China, the Pacific faces mounting pressures from climate change, transnational crime, internal instability, and at times even political upheaval.

Listen to an insightful panel discussion with the ABC’s in-country Pacific journalists working on the frontlines of the rapidly changing political and security landscape in our near region.

Hosted by: Mihai Sora, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute

Special guest speakers:

• Chrisnrita Aumanu-Leong, Solomon Islands correspondent
• Belinda Kora, Papua New Guinea correspondent
• Marian Kupu, Tonga correspondent
• Lice Movono, Fiji correspondent

This special event coincides with the second anniversary of the founding of the Pacific Local Journalism Network (PLJN), a flagship program supported by ABC International Services under the ABC’s Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy.

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