Leading figures in Bougainville want the islands to have full independence by 2027. This will have to be ratified by the Papua New Guinea parliament, and getting this approval has proved to be a ...

8, No. 4, SPECIAL VOLUME ON ‘SECURITY IN THE PACIFIC ARC’ (SUMMER 2012), pp. 47-60 (14 pages) Since independence in 1975 Papua New Guinea has enjoyed a generally benign external security environment, ...