This week, the Pacific Islands Forum has becomes a microcosm for international and geopolitical issues.

US President Donald Trump has made his first remarks addressing the two mass shootings that occurred over the weekend.

Aficionados of military power and strategic defence are taking note of China’s white paper, released this week.

Are we on track to realise the global goals? The annual stocktake by the United Nations reveals an uncertain outlook.

This week sees Japan facing another extreme natural weather event, but the very high peace country has one of the highest coping capacities.

There are growing examples of alternative measures of social progress, including happiness and wellbeing policies.

The deadly hazards of this profession are well-known in Mexico, but the issue has been cast into the global media spotlight this week.

The political impasse in Algeria has tipped the scales out of the hands of a long-standing regime, and towards the demand for democratisation.

Citizens of the European Union voted to reject the status quo in the latest elections.

Can the frenetic capabilities of the internet be controlled? Perhaps in the name of victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre.

Friday 10 May, 2019: After a buoyant period of denuclearisation talks with North Korea, the world was reminded this week of the country’s weapons stash.