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. (2024) New Caledonia: uncertainty and division intensify as Paris imposes its will, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 16 April.
FISHER, D.(2024), New Caledonia’s self-determination process, in Kowasch M. and Batterbury, S.P.J. (eds.). Geographies of New Caledonia-Kanaky: environments, politics and cultures. Springer Nature Switzerland, open access, Chapter 18, pp 229-251.
FISHER, D. (2023) New Caledonia: independence leader wins French Senate seat over Macron favourite, The Interpreter, Sydney: Lowy Institute, 3 October
FISHER, D. (2023) Macron faces resistance in New Caledonia, The Strategist, Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 4 September 2023
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) L’Indo-Pacifique et la souveraineté de la France en Océanie, Outre-terre 2022/1-2 (No 60-61), pp. 467-503
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.
