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Fiji: end sanctions now
Posted By Karl Claxton on March 5, 2014 @ 06:00
Improved relations between Australia and Fiji would benefit Canberra, Suva, and the region. Such ties would bolster Australia’s regional leadership credentials, assist Fiji’s dealings with its largest trading partner and donor, and prevent further collateral-damage to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mosese-Tikoitoga.jpg
[2] Fiji Ministry of Information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fiji-Ministry-of-Information/207532522613024
[3] arid argument: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/08/23/As-the-crow-flies-to-Fiji.aspx
[4] deepening regime intransigence and harming Canberra’s influence and interests: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/policy-overboard-australias-increasingly-costly-fiji-drift
[5] priorities: http://lpaweb-static.s3.amazonaws.com/Coalition%202013%20Election%20Policy%20%E2%80%93%20Foreign%20Affairs%20-%20final.pdf
[6] fragile: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/guns-and-roses-but-no-valentines-day-massacre/
[7] meeting: http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/australia/4640/clearing-fijis-roadblock-australia-has-dealt-itsel/
[8] the right policy at the right time: http://csis.org/files/publication/140227_PacificPartners_Vol_4_Issue_2.pdf
[9] irritant and an insult: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-calls-on-australia-to-end-the-travel-ban-on-government-officials/1265776
[10] exemptions: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/julie-bishop-move-to-bring-fiji-in-from-cold/story-fn59nm2j-1226827773519
[11] non-accreditation: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sweet-and-sour-goodies-for-fiji-part-1/
[12] beyond just the barracks: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/opinion-pieces/bishops-fijian-bridge-building-efforts-will-make-winners-of-us-all/Bishops-Fijian-bridge-building-efforts-will-make-winners-of-us-all.pdf
[13] egg on our face: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/bainimarama-gamble-may-be-winning-hand/story-e6frg7e6-1226827683431
[14] first, do no harm’: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/decoding-chinas-rising-influence-in-the-south-pacific/
[15] Fijian Government: http://www.fiji.gov.fj/Photos---Video/Photo-Gallery/PM-Bainimarama-at-the-Black-Rock-Army-Camp-in-Nadi/Commander-Land-Force-Colonel-Mosese-Tikoitoga-brie.aspx