Tag: geopolitics
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
When all the world’s failings end in Gaza – Selwyn Manning, Paul Buchanan assess the crisis
By Selwyn Manning, editor of Evening Report
As we prepared for this podcast, representatives of Arab states have presented a united front at the United...
Ian Powell: Context of the ‘New Washington Consensus’ and China ‘threat’ for New Zealand
POLITICAL BYTES: By Ian Powell
There is a reported apparent rift within cabinet between Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Defence Minister Andrew Little over Aotearoa...
Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in Port Vila
By Kelvin Anthony in Port Vila
The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence that the leaders’...
OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan colonisation
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of the Free Papua Organisation (OPM) has called for the establishment of a “United Indigenous Nations” for global justice and...
Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’
ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad
In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...