Access to quality internet has become increasingly important since the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

This is the second of two linked In Briefs looking at undersea internet cables in the Pacific region.

This is the first of two In Briefs looking at undersea internet cables in the Pacific region.

This In Brief informs readers about the status of mental health services and telephone counselling services in the Pacific region and offers suggestions for further research on this topic.

Ann Capling and Kim Richard Nossal, ‘Death of Distance or Tyranny of Distance?

Sarah Logan, ‘The Geopolitics of Tech: Baidu’s Vietnam’, Philadelphia: Internet Policy Observatory, University of Pennsylvania, June 2015.

Sarah Logan, Brendan Molloy, and Graeme Smith, ‘Chinese Tech Abroad: Baidu in Thailand’, Report by the Internet Policy Observatory, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 17 May 2018.