Posts tagged John Howard
The forgotten operation: What Australia’s Pacific policy can learn from the RAMSI intervention
The forgotten operation: What Australia’s Pacific policy can learn from the RAMSI intervention

Written by Dr Michael Wesley

If large numbers of Solomon Islanders see Australia as an indispensable partner, it will limit the ability of the country’s elected politicians to build closer partnerships with Australia’s strategic competitors in the Pacific.

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Australia and Papua New Guinea: Shared history, complex relationship
Australia and Papua New Guinea: Shared history, complex relationship

Written by Alan Tidwell

The dispute puts Australia in a difficult spot, pitting its northern neighbour against its Quad partner. Perhaps this might be a moment in which Canberra reaches back into its peacemaking bag to help heal the rift.

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