This piece explores how to build US-PNG-Australian trilateral relations, which is only becoming more important in the current strategic environment.
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Papua New Guinea (PNG) riots: a ‘new’ nature of violence and a cause for concern
A short piece of mine for the Griffith Asia Institute on the recent and disturbing violence in PNG.
Continue readingCooperation and capabilities: Pacific-led regionalism in the age of great power competition | Part 2
The second in a two-part series for the Griffith Asia Insights blog.
Continue readingShared values: Pacific-led regionalism in the age of great power competition | Part 1
The first in a two-part series for the Griffith Asia Insights blog.
Continue readingBigger moves, bigger expectations: Biden’s US-Pacific Island Forum Summit
A short summary on the second annual US-Pacific Islands Forum – an initiative I suggested over two years ago – that is critical to the political momentum behind US-Pacific links.
Continue readingABC Radio National: Israel and PNG’s surprising relationship
Here I share some thoughts on PNG’s recent decision to open an Embassy in Jerusalem and becoming only five nations to do so.
Continue readingWhy did Papua New Guinea move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem – from economics to faith
I explain PNG’s embassy move to Jerusalem here.
Continue readingWhat to do about crime? Papua New Guinea at 48
A short piece of mine on PNG and turning 48 on 16 September, 2023.
Continue readingTalking Neville Bonner with ABC’s Rebecca Levingston
Discussing Neville Bonner – our first Indigenous Parliamentarian – in front of the Neville Bonner bridge. https://www.seanjacobs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/RL-SEAN-JACOBS-NEVILLE-AIR.mp3
Continue readingI Nogat Inap Polis Man na Meri: A police shortage in Papua New Guinea
In this paper for Griffith University’s Asia Institute, I explore the implications of Papua New Guinea’s long-known police shortage and provide some practical recommendations on reversing this trend through political support.
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