Mrs Denise Fisher
Areas of expertise
- Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies 200209
- Government And Politics Of Asia And The Pacific 160606
- International Relations 160607
- Defence Studies 160604
Biography
An Australian diplomat for thirty years, served in Australian diplomatic missions as a political and economic policy analyst in Rangoon, Nairobi, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC before being appointed Australian High Commissioner in Harare (1998-2001) then Australian Consul-General in Noumea, New Caledonia(2001-2004) covering the French Pacific territories. Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies, writing on France in the South Pacific. Author,
France in the South Pacific: power and politics (2013), ANU epress.
Some recent Publications
FISHER, D. (2022) France and New Caledonia: three independence referendums and an impasse, Occasional Paper, ANU Centre for European Studies, 21 November
FISHER, D. (2022) After three referendums, France still faces major challenges in New Caledonia, The Strategist,Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 23 November
FISHER, D. (2022) L’Indo-Pacifique et la souveraineté de la France en Océanie, Outre-terre 2022/1-2 (No 60-61), pp. 467-503
FISHER, D. (2021), Uncertainties as New Caledonia prepares for its final independence referendum, Discussion Paper 2021/3, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University, 21 October
FISHER, D. (2021), Why New Caledonia’s final independence vote could lead to instability and tarnish France’s image in the region, The Conversation, 6 December.
FISHER, D. (2021) Quelques réflexions australiennes sur le deuxième referendum, Revue juridique politique et économique de Nouelle-Calédonie, No 37, 2021/1, pp 19-25
FISHER, D.(2021) Why New Caledonia’s instability is not just a problem for France, The Conversation, 5 February.
Publications
- Fisher, D 2020, 'The Crowded and Complex Pacific: Lessons from France’s Pacific Experience', Security Challenges, Special Issue: How does the ‘Pacific’ fit into the ‘Indo-Pacific’?, Institute for Regional Security, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 37-43.
- Fisher, D 2020, The Indo-Pacific, France and Australia's bushfire crisis, The Strategist, Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 3 February, online.
- Fisher, D 2019, 'New Caledonia's Independence Referendum: Re-Defining the Future', Journal of Pacific History, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 202-223.
- Fisher, D 2019, New Caledonia's independence referendum: Local and regional implications, Analyses, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 8 May, online
- Fisher, D 2019, Self-determination in New Caledonia: uncharted waters ahead, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 8 May, online.
- Fisher, D 2017, 'Divisions and deadlines in New Caledonia', The Strategist, Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 30 August.
- Fisher, D 2017, Slim win in New Caledonia for newly elected French leader President Macron, Interview with Linda Lepresti, ABC Radio National, 9 May.
- Fisher, D 2017, French presidential election: implications for Australia's closest French neighbour, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 9 May.
- Fisher, D 2017, France's Pacific Territories are watching the election too, The Interpreter blogsite, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 28 April.
- Fisher, D 2017, New Caledonia French election calendar stymies progress, The Interpreter blogsite, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 3 February.
- Fisher, D 2016, When the diplomatic tap was turned off, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 25 March.
- Fisher, D 2015, 'One Among Many: Changing Geostrategic Interests and Challenges for France in the South Pacific', Les Etudes du CERI, vol. 216, December, pp. 1-41.
- Fisher, D 2015, France claims its place in the South Pacific, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 1 December.
- Fisher, D 2015, Trouble in New Caledonia over links with China, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 29 October.
- Fisher, D 2015, 'Rhetorique et realite: les collectivites francaises et leurs voisins du Pacifique Sud (Rhetoric and Reality: the French Territories and their Neighbours)', Journal of the Societe des Oceanistes (Journal de la societe des oceanistes/Journal societe des oceanistes), vol. 140, no. 1, January-June, pp. 39-48pp.
- Fisher, D 2015, French elections reverberate in New Caledonia, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 8 April.
- Fisher, D 2014, 'Tjibaou's Kanak: Ethnic Identity as New Caledonia Prepares its Future', State Society and Governance in Melanesia, vol. 2014, no. 4, September, p. 20.
- Fisher, D 2013, France in the South Pacific: Power and Politics, ANU E Press, Canberra.
- Fisher, D 2012, 'France: "in" or "of" the South Pacific Region?', Journal de la Société des Océanistes, vol. 135, no. 2, pp. 185-199.
- Fisher, D 2012, 'France, the EU and the South Pacific', Briefing Paper, Canberra: ANU Centre for European Studies, Vol 3 No 9, August.
- Fisher, D 2012, 'France in the South Pacific: Countdown for New Caledonia: Review of Implementation of the Noumea Accord', ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Paper Series, vol. 3, no. 2, May.
- Fisher, D 2012, The Need to Remember: L'ordre et la morale (title in English: Rebellion), Film Review, Fiction and Film for French Historians, H-France website, Vol 2 Issue 5, April.
- Fisher, D 2012, France, the EU and the South Pacific, Interview, Isabelle Genoux, Radio Australia, 27 March.
- Fisher, D 2012, 'France in the South Pacific:Countdown for New Caledonia - Options for the Future', ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Paper Series, vol. 3, no. 1, March, pp. 1-18.
- Fisher, D 2011, 'France in the South Pacific: an Australian perspective', George Rude Seminar in French History and Civilization, ed. Briony Neilson & Robert Alrich, George Rude Society, Sydney Australia, pp. 237-254.
- Fisher, D 2010, 'Supporting the Free French in New Caledonia: First Steps in Australian Diplomacy', Explorations: A Journal of French-Australian Connections, vol. 49, Part 1, December, pp. 18-37.
- Fisher, D 2010, France's Mixed Messages for the Pacific, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 28 January.
- Fisher, D 2009, France all but ignored in Defence White Paper, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 28 May.
- Fisher, D 2009, New Caledonia election: reduced pro France majority, The Interpreter blogsite, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 15 May.
- Fisher, D 2009, Industrial strife as New Caledonia goes to the polls, The Interpreter blogsite, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 16 March.
- Fisher, D 2008, The South Pacific in France's Defence White Paper, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 9 July.
- Fisher, D 2008, New Caledonia: what now after twenty years of peace?The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 16 June.
- Fisher, D 2008, Searching for Pacific Solutions: Stability in an Unstable Arc, Courier Mail, in Perspectives section, 14 January.
