A greater emphasis on subnational diplomacy, particularly regional Australia’s links to the Pacific, presents a significant opportunity for Australia’s regional foreign policy. When Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape met with Cairns Mayor Amy …
Debate over the Pukpuk treaty has focused on China and whether Australia’s military might one day use Papua New Guinea’s geography or fight alongside PNG forces in a regional contingency involving Beijing and Washington. But …
Australia and Papua New Guinea’s Pukpuk Treaty is not just about keeping China at arm’s length. It’s also about long-term investment in PNG’s stability, strengthening its defence capacity, enhancing crisis response and addressing demographic and …
Australia’s engagement with the Pacific must be built on strategic empathy rather than transactional language. Otherwise, it risks overlooking the region’s core priorities: preserving the Pacific Way and confronting the existential threat of climate change. …
‘Australia is secure when Papua New Guinea is secure, and Papua New Guinea is secure when Australia is secure.’ So said Billy Joseph, PNG’s minister for defence, at the ASPI Defence Conference in June. This sentiment underpinned …
