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May 18, 2023
By Lawrence Fong and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape is still confident of delivering the PNG-US Defence Cooperation Agreement despite the cancellation of US President Joe Biden’s visit, and the leaking of a draft copy of the confidential document on Tuesday. He said PNG’s national interest was at ... <a title="PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite of leak" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/18/pngs-marape-confident-of-pulling-off-png-us-defence-pact-in-spite-of-leak/" aria-label="Read more about PNG’s Marape confident of pulling off PNG-US defence pact in spite of leak">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist US President Joe Biden will cut out his historic trip to Papua New Guinea — and also to Australia — to return to complete debt ceiling negotiations in the US, according to a White House statement. Biden was scheduled to make a brief, historic stopover in PNG, and meet ... <a title="Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/biden-cuts-out-australia-and-papua-new-guinea-on-pacific-visit/" aria-label="Read more about Biden cuts out Australia and Papua New Guinea on Pacific visit">Read more</a>
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May 17, 2023
Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed to US President Joe Biden for a “proactive role” in ending Indonesia’s “unlawful military occupation and annexation” of West Papua. He claims this illegal occupation led to the subsequent US “foreign policy failure” in protecting six decades of crimes against humanity. Bomanak made ... <a title="OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/17/opm-leader-calls-on-biden-to-take-proactive-role-in-ending-west-papuan-holocaust/" aria-label="Read more about OPM leader calls on Biden to take proactive role in ending West Papuan ‘holocaust’">Read more</a>
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May 16, 2023
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Two American C-17 Globemaster transport planes will bring 20 vehicles to Papua New Guinea in the next few days as part of preparations for the arrival of US President Joe Biden next week. All eyes will be on APEC Haus as the President and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... <a title="PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/16/png-beefs-up-security-for-visit-of-biden-modi-pacific-leaders/" aria-label="Read more about PNG beefs up security for visit of Biden, Modi, Pacific leaders">Read more</a>
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May 15, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent It was a tumultuous week in Papua New Guinea after a 30 member delegation returned from the Coronation of King Charles III in the United Kingdom. Papua New Guinea had, by far, one the largest delegations to the event. While the real cost of travel, accommodation ... <a title="Elitist, insensitive, blatant abuse of taxpayer money – PNG’s Coronation trip saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/15/elitist-insensitive-blatant-abuse-of-taxpayer-money-pngs-coronation-trip-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Elitist, insensitive, blatant abuse of taxpayer money – PNG’s Coronation trip saga">Read more</a>
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March 28, 2023
US President Joe Biden (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) during the AUKUS summit at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego California on 13 March 2023. Image: RNZ Pacific/Jim Watson/AFP “But it is what it is,” he said of the tripartite arrangement. ‘Escalation of tension’“We’ve already seen it will lead to ... <a title="Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/28/aukus-going-against-pacific-nuclear-free-treaty-cook-islands-leader/" aria-label="Read more about Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader">Read more</a>
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January 23, 2023
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist More than 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter calling on US President Joe Biden to apologise for nuclear tests conducted in the Marshall Islands. The letter urges Biden to deliver on promises his administration has made regarding justice ... <a title="Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/23/activists-call-for-us-apology-justice-over-marshall-islands-nuclear-tests/" aria-label="Read more about Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests">Read more</a>
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November 16, 2022
LIVE@MIDDAY NZ Time – 6pm USEST – In this, the 22nd episode of A View from Afar for 2022 political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning will deep dive into the consequences of the United States midterm elections. In particular Paul and Selwyn will examine how an historically strong performance by the Democrats ... <a title="Live@Midday Thurs – Trumpism’s Election Failures and Trump’s Bid to Win Back the Whitehouse – Buchanan and Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/11/16/livemidday-thurs-trumpisms-election-failures-and-trumps-bid-to-win-back-the-whitehouse-buchanan-and-manning/" aria-label="Read more about Live@Midday Thurs – Trumpism’s Election Failures and Trump’s Bid to Win Back the Whitehouse – Buchanan and Manning">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse how the Pacific region has become the epicentre of foreign policy assertions from the region's, and the world's, powers.
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June 8, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse how the Pacific region has become the epicentre of foreign policy assertions from the region's and the world's powers.
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March 16, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will unpack why the west is losing a strategic deterrence advantage against Russian Federation president Vladimir Putin. In this episode Buchanan and Manning will analyse whether deterrence, in its various forms, is an effective tool against aggressive authoritarian opponents and ... <a title="LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/16/live-thursmidday-buchanan-manning-can-deterrence-be-an-effective-tool-against-putins-offensive-in-ukraine/" aria-label="Read more about LIVE Thurs@Midday Buchanan + Manning: Can Deterrence be an effective tool against Putin’s offensive in Ukraine?">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2022
A View from Afar – In this podcast, political scientist Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will discuss whether sanctions will be effective in deterring Russian president Vladimir Putin from a full invasion of Ukraine and indeed cause Russian military to return to the Russian side of the Ukraine border.
