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Pacific Dynamics promotes rigorous debates on theoretical discourses, applied knowledge, and policy issues on the Pacific Islands, including New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Rim. An interdisciplinary journal, Pacific Dynamics has featured articles on gender studies, indigenous studies, conflict-peace-security studies, minority studies, politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, education, philosophy, literature, development studies, economics, marine studies, and environmental studies, among many others. View all issues.

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Changing geopolitics in Oceania

The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing: Blue economy and deep-sea mining in Fiji


Tīvaevae: Connection, collaboration and new directions in Cook Islands research


School leader profiles: Discussion of the Pacific Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment