How Debt Drives Secessionists
Leipzig, 1985: Stricken by US-dollar debt incurred in the 1970s, the Soviet Bloc is big…More
Tagged: independence
Why Now? A West Papua Backgrounder
Two seminal events have shattered the uneasy status quo in West Papua: a labour strike…More
Six Dead, Many Injured And In Hiding
FOR THE MOST RECENT UPDATES GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. The Indonesian military…More
Does West Papua Have A Publicity Problem?
"In my opinion, what’s happening in West Papua amounts to genocide, both physical and cultural,"…More
France Holds On To Its Pacific Colonies
At rush hour in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea, the streets of the city’s…More
Independence and the Pacific
After a solid month of rain in Port Vila, great sodden cavities open up in…More