2013 Otago Foreign Policy School

Otago Uni have announced:

Critical developments and issues in the Pacific will be closely scrutinised at next weekend'sUniversity of Otago Foreign Policy School, which is gathering leading academics, diplomats, politicians and development experts for a weekend that promises insightful presentations and fruitful debate.

Former Fijian Prime Minister Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka is among several speakers who will address the current Coup, the prospects for a successful return to and what the wider implications for the region may be.

Other national and international experts will focus on themes including the US and 's growing engagement with the Pacific, the uphill struggle the region faces in meeting millennium development goals, and the emergence of sub-regional groupings such as the Melanesian Spearhead Group that are challenging traditional voices such as the Pacific Islands Forum.

This year's School, which runs from Friday 28 June to Sunday 30 June at St Margaret's College, , is co-directed by Associate Professor Jenny Bryant-Tokalau (School of , Pacific & Indigenous Studies) and Dr Iati Iati (Department of Politics).

The OFPS often has several interesting stories emerge from them. Well worth attending if you are in Dunedin and interested in .