How four decades of policy work shaped PNG's 2026 Customary Land Tenure Act and its customary land registration framework.

Earlier this year, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, called for a crackdown on the use of illegal firearms in the Highlands region. Following this, the new PNG Police Minister Sir ...

At investor forums and industry conferences, Papua New Guinea’s mining industry is routinely presented as a pillar of national development. Events like the upcoming PNG Investment Week, PNG Expo and ...

The Government’s Pacific Banking Guarantee Act 2025, passed in September, is mysterious in several ways. The first mystery is what is being guaranteed. This is not stated in the act, which just ...

New Ireland's 2026 by-election disrupts stable political traditions with a contested governorship and a strong independent challenge.

Is it possible to predict election outcomes in Papua New Guinea? Testing the Hegarty Rule This presentation evaluates a model using candidate numbers to predict election outcomes, testing its accuracy ...

For Australia, Myanmar has become a foreign policy impasse — marked by condemnation, humanitarian commitment and a reliance ...

This seminar will highlight the main findings of the report on the 2022 PNG National General Election and engage the audience in a conversation about electoral integrity and reform. As in previous ...

Stephen Howes rebuts Naren Prasad's argument that migration and remittance dependence harm Pacific island economies.

The Iran–US–Israel conflict carries urgent lessons for Pacific states weighing security agreements with major powers.

“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” Although made in an American context, this observation by President Harry S. Truman has universal appeal. It highlights the unpredictable and treacherous ...

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