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		<title>Analytic Brief: Political Learning and the PNG Elections.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/06/political-learning-png-elections/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analytic Brief: Political Learning and the PNG Elections. From time to time 36th Parallel Assessments publishes broadly conceptual or theoretical essays as in-house background that can be used to guide assessments. These are not meant to be detailed or comprehensive. Instead, they are designed to frame analysis of the subjects under discussion.In this analytic brief the ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Status of Forces Report Part 2: Military Professionalism in the South Pacific.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/25/status-of-forces-report-part-2-military-professionalism-in-the-south-pacific/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 03:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Status of Forces Report Part 2: Military Professionalism in the South Pacific. 36th Parallel Assessment Series – By Paul G. Buchanan Introduction: In Part One of the the Status of Forces series, 36th Parallel Assessments offered an overview of typologies of military forces and civil-military relations. Designed as an introduction to the subject for readers ]]></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>Arms Smuggling Into PNG From Indonesia As Elections Draw Close</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/11/arms-smuggling-into-png-from-indonesia-as-elections-draw-close-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 04:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Arms Smuggling Into PNG From Indonesia As Elections Draw Close First published in the Post-Courier and Pacific Scoop (Pacific Media Centre) Report – By Frank Rai in Port Moresby. Police in Vanimo have confirmed a gun running syndicate operating between the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia is smuggling high-powered firearms into the ]]></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>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/04/interview-why-australia-nz-have-taken-a-softly-approach-over-papua-new-guineas-crisis/</link>
		
		<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>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/03/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-may-03-2012/</link>
		
		<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>36th Parallel Analysis Update &#8211; May 1 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/05/01/36th-parallel-analysis-update-may-1-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th Parallel Analysis Update &#8211; May 1 2012 36th-Parallel.com&#8217;s Dr Paul Buchanan presents the week&#8217;s analysis round-up, highlighting top items for the week beginning April 30 to May 6 2012 &#8211; including: Chile&#8217;s Pacific Naval Presence, and, Is Papua New Guinea A Failing State? See Also: Weekly Analysis: Chile&#8217;s Pacific Presence. Weekly Analysis: Is Papua ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 30 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/30/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-30-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 30 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;] Fiji: Fiji’s Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has asked the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group to support the Bainimarama Government&#8217;s efforts to take the country to the 2014 general election. He ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 27 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: Analysis &#8211; By economist Professor Wadan Narsey &#8211; If this was a news release by a geologist, alarm bells would be ringing around the Pacific and international scientific community. But retitle it “Pacific ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 26 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/Solomon Islands/RAMSI: Australia&#8217;s Defence Minister Stephen Smith says an exit plan is being developed for the defence contingent of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands. Smith is in Honiara and met the Solomons Prime ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 23 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/23/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-23-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 23 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;] West Papua: More than 400 Bintang Kejora (Morning Star) flags have been flown by scores of people on a demonstration in Tanggal, Serui, West Papua, in dramatic defiance of an Indonesian law banning the public ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 22 2012</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 22 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;] Papua New Guinea: 36th Parallel Analysis &#038; Forecast &#8211; Paul Buchanan writes the ongoing political crisis in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is what is known in comparative politics as an “impossible game:” all major political ]]></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 Regional News Round-Up – April 18 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/18/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-18-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily News Round-Up]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Super-Power Presence]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 18 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;] Timor Leste: Report – By Michael Bachelard in Dili &#8211; A military man recommended by the United Nations for criminal prosecution six years ago seems almost certain to become the new president of East Timor. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/17/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-17-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 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;] 36th Parallel Security Assessment &#8211; by Paul Buchanan: Announcement that the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has approved a Fijian proposal to create an armed Legion as a regional rapid response unit raises the issue of ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Interview: Pacific Geopolitics Reshapes As Melanesians Assert Security Autonomy</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/13/interview-pacific-geopolitics-reshapes-as-melanesians-assert-security-autonomy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis Assessment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiji]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Multimedia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Region]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solomon Islands]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview: Pacific Geopolitics Reshapes As Melanesians Assert Security Autonomy Glenn Williams interviews 36th-Parallel.com&#8217;s Selwyn Manning on why Melanesian leaders have asserted from a security sense an independence and autonomy that renders Australia and New Zealand almost redundant in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. Melanesia’s solidarity-move counters what can be perceived as a weak ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 12 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/12/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-12-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 12 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;] South East Asia: The Philippines has sent a second ship to a stand-off with two Chinese ships in the South China Sea, even as both sides pledged diplomacy. A coast guard boat will join the ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 11 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/11/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-11-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[36th Parallel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://36th-parallel.com/?p=4607</guid>

					<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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