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		<title>TriTV Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/17/tritv-interview-selwyn-manning-ivs-matt-robson-on-foreign-affairs-and-the-value-of-aid/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[TriTV Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on Foreign Affairs and the Value of Aid Beatson Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Matt Robson on foreign affairs, New Zealand&#8217;s independent brand, and the value of development aid. Matt Robson is a former New Zealand Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a minister responsible for NZAid ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Intelligence Analytics: Conceptualizing Foreign Aid as an Instrument of Policy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Intelligence Analytics: Conceptualizing Foreign Aid as an Instrument of Policy Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Announcement that the European Union will direct  another 19 million Euros on top of the 785 million Euros (NZ$ 1.3 billion) already allocated to climate change adaptation in the Pacific serves as a good reference point for discussion ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State of the Nation Brief: Samoa at 50</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/06/12/state-of-the-nation-brief-samoa-at-50/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[State of the Nation Brief: Samoa at 50 Analysis &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Samoa (also known as Western Samoa) celebrated 50 years of independence from New Zealand last month. Located between 13.35 degrees and 14.9 degrees South and 169.35 and 172.20 degrees West and consisting of nine islands, it is the oldest of ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beatson Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Henry Yamo on Papua New Guinea Instability</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/22/beatson-interview-selwyn-manning-ivs-henry-yamo-on-papua-new-guinea-instability/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beatson Interview &#8211; Selwyn Manning IVs Henry Yamo on Papua New Guinea Instability Text Report by 36th Parallel &#038; Pacific.Scoop.co.nz: Peter O’Neill and his supporters have defiantly declared their caretaker government in charge in the in lead-up to next month’s Papua New Guinea general election despite his administration being declared illegal by the Supreme Court. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 07 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 10:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 07 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] France/French Polynesia: Left-wing candidate François Hollande has defeated incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy in Sunday&#8217;s runoff, exit polls say, becoming the first Socialist to win a presidential election since François Mitterrand in 1988. According to Ipsos polling ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Why Australia &#038; NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Crisis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 23:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Glenn Williams IVs Selwyn Manning on Why Australia &#038; NZ Have Taken A Softly Approach Over Papua New Guinea&#8217;s Crisis Introduction: As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are compelled to tread a soft diplomatic line rather ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 06:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – May 03 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea: &#8211; Analysis by Selwyn Manning &#8211; As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand&#8217;s Challenge</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/03/the-papua-new-guinea-crisis-australia-and-new-zealands-challenge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 01:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Papua New Guinea Crisis – Australia and New Zealand&#8217;s Challenge Weekly Analysis &#8211; By Selwyn Manning. As Papua New Guinea struggles to maintain order in the face of two clashing political factions, its two southern neighbors Australia and New Zealand are compelled to tread a soft diplomatic line rather than risk destroying progressive rapprochement with ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Analysis: Is Papua New Guinea A Failing State?</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/22/weekly-analysis-is-papua-new-guinea-a-failing-state/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Analysis: Is Papua New Guinea A Failing State? Analysis and Forecast &#8211; by Paul G. Buchanan. The ongoing political crisis in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is what is known in comparative politics as an &#8220;impossible game:&#8221; all major political actors have the ability to veto their opponent&#8217;s projects but none have the ability to ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th Parallel Weekly Analysis Update April 17 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/17/36th-parallel-weekly-analysis-update-april-17-2012/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th Parallel Weekly Analysis Update April 17 2012 36th-Parallel.com&#8217;s Dr Paul Buchanan introduces the featured analysis postings for the week beginning April 16 2012. This Week’s Analysis: Dr Paul Buchanan – Weekly Analysis: Managing Corruption in the South Pacific Recent Video Analysis: Video Interview: Selwyn Manning on Pacific Geopolitics Reshapes As Melanesians Assert Security Autonomy]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 11 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 11 2012 36th Parallel Assessments [RSSjb feed=&#8221;feed://36th-parallel.com/feed/&#8221; num=&#8221;5&#8243; pubdate=&#8221;true&#8221; excerpt=&#8221;false&#8221; charex=&#8221;250&#8243; list=&#8221;ul&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; pubauthor=&#8221;false&#8221;] Pacific Region: 36th Parallel&#8217;s Paul G Buchanan writes that corruption can be defined in a number of ways, but whichever way you approach it the Pacific Region is suffering from its effects. Although it is ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Melanesia&#8217;s Leaders Approve Security Force &#038; Position MSG Bloc To Interact With Global Bodies</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/02/melanesias-leaders-approve-security-force-position-msg-bloc-to-interact-directly-with-global-bodies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Melanesia&#8217;s Leaders Approve Security Force &#38; Position MSG Bloc To Interact Directly With Global Bodies 36th Parallel Analysis and Forecast &#8211; By Selwyn Manning. Late on Friday March 30 Melanesia&#8217;s leaders emerged from their annual summit resolute that security and progress will best be achieved by forming a stronger and secure regional bloc. Melanesia&#8217;s solidarity-move ]]></description>
		
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		<title>ABC/Radio Australia: Paul Buchanan On China&#8217;s Investment Strategy in the South/West Pacific</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ABC/Radio Australia: China has given the Cook Islands a grant of three million dollars. https://36th-parallel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PB-ABC-Radio-Australia-China-Cooks-02-03-2012.mp3 The no-strings-attached money will likely be put to the Cook&#8217;s National Sustainable Development Plan. It&#8217;s been warmly welcomed in the Cook Islands but it&#8217;s just the kind of intervention that has some Western powers worried about China&#8217;s intentions and growing ]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Dispatch: Is NZ Foreign Affairs Minister McCully On His Way Out?</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/02/29/dispatch-is-nz-foreign-affairs-minister-mccully-on-his-way-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dispatch: Is NZ Foreign Affairs Minister McCully On His Way Out? 36th-Parallel Assessment/Forecast. -41.278446, 174.776550, Wellington, New Zealand &#8211; New Zealand Prime Minister John Key&#8217;s comment that he has “no idea&#8221; about Foreign Minister  Murray McCully&#8217;s whereabouts suggests distance has developed between the two men – if not a rift.The New Zealand Prime Minister&#8217;s “no idea” ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Polynesia Forecast: McCully throws Tongan A-G Under the Bus</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/02/03/polynesia-forecast-tongas-auditor-general-a-focus-of-parliament-enquiry/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Polynesia Forecast: McCully throws Tongan A-G Under the Bus Analysis &#38; Forecast &#8211; By Dr Paul G. Buchanan. Revelations that New Zealand and Australian aid funds destined for promotion of democratic governance in Tonga are unaccounted for have highlighted the diplomatic dilemmas confronting the Antipodean states on matters of Pacific foreign policy. The Tongan Auditor-General ]]></description>
		
		
		
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