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A question many analysts keep avoiding is: Why did Russia invade Ukraine in February 2022, and not two years ago, or February 2021, or earlier between 2016 – 2018? After all, Putin was as evil in 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea and Donbas, as he is now. These two regions were part ofContinue reading “Biden helped Putin invade Ukraine: here’s how”

There may be more, but going by media reports since 2020, three Australians have broken PNG laws, and have waked free. A combination of outdated laws, and police negligence have helped. The first case involved an Australian pilot who crashed an aeroplane at the outskirts of Port Moresby. He was attempting to fly 500kg ofContinue reading “Who should be blamed for Australians who break PNG laws and walk free”

Jane Marczewski, who went by the stage name Nightbirde, won the golden buzzer at the 16th America’s Got Talent show in 2021. And she performed whilst fighting cancer. When she said she would sing an original, a song she wrote about herself titled “It’s Okay”, one of the judges asked if the song had aContinue reading “Nightbirde: 2% is not zero. 2% is something”

Former MP for Manus Nahu Rooney. PC: UNDP Michael Kabuni and Danny Agon From 17 to 21 January 2022, the Registry of Political Parties & Candidates, with the support of donors, ran a “mentoring” program for aspiring female candidates to contest the 2022 national election. Getting women into parliament is tough in PNG. There wereContinue reading “Conversation with female PNG MPs: How to win, and win again”

This is Part II of the “2022 PNG Outlook” series. This part looks at Security. In Part I we covered politics and economics. You can read Part I here. Due to the increasing multifaceted security issues facing PNG, this part is dedicated to security alone. Governance will be covered in a separate blog as PartContinue reading “2022 PNG Outlook Part II: Threats on all fronts”