By Ben Schaare Though the Pacific Islands are envisaged as idyllic paradises insulated from high politics, many are facing internal troubles that could see the region become a new “arc of instability” for Australia, New Zealand, and the United States…
Who is he? John Momis is the president of the autonomous region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. A former Catholic priest, he became active in politics in the 1970s, and helped write PNG’s constitution. Momis has been deputy prime…
By Andrew Smith With the current international focus on events in the East China Sea, it’s easy for the United States to overlook a long-running problem well to the South. Australia doesn’t have that luxury. The mineral-rich Autonomous Region of…
