Royal Oceania Institute

07/11/2024

Their first time on a stage together, Foreign Affairs Ministers of India, Australia and New Zealand discuss a critical issue for South Pacific Islands:
In the age of policies that are seeking to promote domestic economies and competitiveness, how do we ensure that the development partnership imperatives of reaching out to smaller economies remains at the core?

06/11/2024

ROI Chairman, Lord Fakafanua discussing The Blue Opportunity with fellow panelists -

His Excellency Indra Mani Pandey, Secretary General, Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, Bangladesh
Lesikimacuata Korovavala, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Fiji
Magnus Ewerbring, Chief Technology Officer for Asia-Pacific, Ericsson, Singapore
Hayley Channer, Director, Economic Security Program, United States Studies Centre, Australia
Moderator: Suzanne Vares-Lum, President, East-West Center, United States

06/11/2024

The opening of Raisina Dialogue by Hon Minister of External Affairs, India, Dr Jaishankar.

16/09/2024

Royal Oceania Institute would like to wish our Patron, HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, a blessed birthday.

03/09/2024

Former president of Kiribati and Chairman of Pacific Elders Voice, Mr Anote Tong joins The Sydney Dialogue, discussing Tech and Climate Resilience.

03/09/2024

02/09/2024

(Sub)sea to sky: the future of digital connectivity
in the Indo-Pacific

Lord Fakafanua, Chairman of ROI, Kingdom of Tonga
Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist, NTT
Corporation
Shigehiro Tanaka, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Government Affairs Officer, NEC
Conversation lead: The Hon Tim Watts MP, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia

02/09/2024

With Tonga's most recent cable break, ROI's Chairman Lord Fakafanua gives a very timely presentation on Tonga's digital connectivity.

01/09/2024

Excited to participate in 2024

22/07/2024

‘Pacific governments need to determine how they and media can best work with traditional and emerging forms of information platforms to build resilience across the landscape’, write , Fane Fakafanua and Sione Vikilani.

On 13 July, the Australian government announced a new Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy designed to increase Pacific access to Australian content and foster engagement across the region, boosting capacity and capability through a variety of training ...

21/05/2024

ROI had the pleasure of meeting with The Lowy Institute today, to learn more about the Pacific Aid Map and to discuss future collaboration. The very interesting findings of the report can be found here https://pacificaidmap.lowyinstitute.org/

09/05/2024

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and Royal Oceania Institute (ROI) held a two day conference with the media, members of parliament and government discussing misinformation, disinformation and the challenges and opportunities facing Pacific Island governments.

Click on the link to read more https://shorturl.at/akBFP