Nic Maclellan

Nic Maclellan is a correspondent for Islands Business magazine (Fiji). He has published widely on French policy in the Pacific islands and is co-author of La France dans le Pacifique de Bougainville Moruroa (Editions La Dcouverte, Paris) and After Moruroa France in the South Pacific (Ocean Press, New York and Melbourne).

Recent articles by Nic Maclellan

Albanese government’s refusal to publicly challenge Paris about decolonisation “shortsighted”

Albanese government’s refusal to publicly challenge Paris about decolonisation “shortsighted”

The Albanese government’s silence on decolonisation is striking—the prime minister and foreign minister never use the word! Last year, Australian commentator Graeme Dobell argued that “Labor has run a grimly realist foreign policy seeking a balance of power in the Indo-Pacific.” While collaboration with France may seem “realist” in this strategic framework, the refusal to publicly challenge Paris about its decolonisation obligations is shortsighted—as highlighted by four months of rioting and clashes in one of Australia’s closest neighbours.

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