1. Time for a New Policy Approach to Fiji?
- Author:
- Nicole Forrester and Eddie Walsh
- Publication Date:
- 03-2012
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- The Diplomatic Courier
- Institution:
- The Diplomatic Courier
- Abstract:
- For more than two decades, Fiji has endured a coup culture. During the latest military coup in 2006, Commodore Bainimarama removed Prime Minister Qarase's duly elected democratic government. Since then, Australia has actively leveraged its bilateral and regional influence to urge Bainimarama's Interim Government to hold free and fair elections. The regime's failure to return to democracy has led to Fiji's suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth.
- Topic:
- Bilateral Relations
- Political Geography:
- Australia