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		<title>Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga.</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/07/13/continuity-crisis-and-the-process-of-political-consolidation-in-tonga/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuity, Crisis and the Process of Political Consolidation in Tonga. Weekly Analysis &#8211; By Paul G. Buchanan. This week the Tongan Crown Prince Tupouto&#8217;a Ulukalala is marrying his cousin. Although there is concern about potential inbreeding, the wedding demonstrates commitment to the royal lineage on the part of recently installed King Tupou VI. The nuptials reaffirm ]]></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>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 23 2012</title>
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		<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>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/22/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-april-22-2012/</link>
		
		<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>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – April 17 2012</title>
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		<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: Glenn Williams IVs Paul Buchanan On How Corrupt Is The South/West Pacific</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/04/10/interview-glenn-williams-ivs-paul-buchanan-on-how-corrupt-is-the-southwest-pacific/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eye On The World: Paul Buchanan &#038; Glenn Williams On How Corrupt Is The South/West Pacific 36th-Parallel&#8217;s Paul Buchanan and Glenn Williams discuss how South/West Pacific nations are largely considered as corrupt by Transparency International. Why is this so? See Also: 36th Parallel Weekly Analysis by Paul G. Buchanan &#8211; Managing Corruption In The South ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 30 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/30/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-30-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 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;] Video Interview: 36th Parallel&#8217;s political analyst Selwyn Manning is interviewed by Glenn Williams on why New Zealand&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully, is seemingly failing to govern his ministry and failing to provide it ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 29 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/29/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-29-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 29 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;] Audio Interview: 36th Parallel&#8217;s Paul Buchanan on Radio New Zealand discussing whether the New Zealand Public was misinformed over the real reasons NZ SAS troopers were deployed to Afghanistan. Click here to listen. + Audio ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 28 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/28/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-28-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 28 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;] Audio Interview: 36th Parallel&#8217;s Paul Buchanan on Radio New Zealand discussing whether China company Huawei is an ICT spy risk. Click here to listen. Pacific/Fiji: UVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Pacific Islands News Association meets ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 27 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/27/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-27-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 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;] Audio Outlink: 36th Parallel&#8217;s Paul Buchanan on NewstalkZB with Mike Hosking on tension over North Korea rocket launch. Click here to listen. Tonga: Sombre scenes as Tonga&#8217;s late king comes home &#8211; Thousands of sombre ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 24 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/24/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-24-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 04:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 24 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;] Samoa/Fiji: APIA (Samoa Observer / Pacific Media Watch): Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has taken another jab at Fiji’s military leader Frank Bainimarama. This time, Tuilaepa claims to have seen photos of soldiers killed during ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Weekly Analysis Video: Tonga&#8217;s New King Tupou VI + NZ&#8217;s Policy Shift Over Iran</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/24/weekly-analysis-video-tongas-new-king-tupou-vi-nzs-policy-shift-over-iran/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Analysis Video: Tonga&#8217;s New King Tupou VI + NZ&#8217;s Policy Shift Over Iran Dr Paul Buchanan introduces the featured analysis items on 36th-Parallel.com for the week, including Tonga&#8217;s Reform Timeline Ensures A Return To The Past Is Impossible, Nuclear Iran: New Zealand&#8217;s Police Silence Is A Foreign Policy Shift, and Proclamation of Tonga&#8217;s New ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Proclamation Of Tonga&#8217;s New King A Milestone Along Authoritarian-Democratic Transition Line</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/24/proclamation-of-tongas-new-king-tupou-vi-a-milestone-along-authoritarian-democratic-transition-line/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Buchanan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proclamation Of Tonga&#8217;s New King Tupou VI A Milestone Along Authoritarian-Democratic Transition Line 36th Parallel Analysis &#8211; By Paul G. Buchanan. The death of the Tongan King George Tupou V (pictured left)represents a rare moment in politics. Not only does it mark another example of dynastic succession (of the monarchical variety). It also represents another ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekly Analysis: Tonga&#8217;s Reform Timeline Ensures A Return To The Past Is Impossible</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/24/weekly-analysis-tongas-reform-timeline-ensures-a-return-to-the-past-is-impossible/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weekly Analysis: Tonga&#8217;s Reform Timeline Ensures A Return To The Past Is Impossible Tonga&#8217;s transition from an authoritarian Monarchy-led and appointed government toward a Polynesian-style democracy received a blow of uncertainty with the death of the Late King George Tupou V. Even so, this is unlikely to cause Tonga to return to a state where its ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Analysis Video: Tonga&#8217;s Reform Progress Must Continue Or Crisis Looms</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/23/analysis-video-tongas-reform-progress-must-continue-of-crisis-looms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Analysis Video: Tonga&#8217;s Reform Progress Must Continue Or Crisis Looms Glenn Williams interviews Selwyn Manning on what Tonga can expect with the appointment of its new King Tupou VI. Does Tonga’s democratic reform timeline ensure a return to the past is impossible? What is the Late King George Tupou V’s legacy? What can we expect ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 22 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/22/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-22-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 22 2012 New Zealand: 36th Parallel Weekly Analysis: Nuclear Iran – New Zealand’s Silence Is A Foreign Policy Shift &#8211; As one of the most conspicuous non-nuclear states in the world, New Zealand has a long history of involvement with non-proliferation and disarmament issues. It is a long-standing member ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 21 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/21/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-21-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 21 2012 Tonga: The body of King George Tupou V will arrive in Tonga next Monday and his state funeral and burial will be held at the Royal Tombs, Mala’e Kula, Nuku’alofa, on Wednesday, March 28, Matangi Tonga Online reports. Paula Ma’u, the Secretary for Information and Communications, told ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up – March 19 2012</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/19/36th-parallel-regional-news-round-up-march-19-2012/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[36th-Parallel Regional News Round-Up Tonga’s reformist King Tupou V dies, aged 63 Tonga: Tonga’s reformist monarch King George Tupou V, who opened the door to a transition to democracy, has died in Hong Kong. The Crown Prince Tupouto’a Lavaka was at his hospital bedside just before the king passed away last night. In an address to ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Flash-Back (Video) The Funeral of Tonga&#8217;s King Tāufa āhau Tupou IV</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/19/flashback-video-the-funeral-of-tongas-king-taufa-ahau-tupou-iv/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flash-Back (Video) The Funeral of Tonga&#8217;s King Tāufa āhau Tupou IV 36th Parallel apologizes for the variable video and audio quality. Produced by Selwyn Manning for Scoop TV: The Funeral of Tonga&#8217;s King Tāufa āhau Tupou IV (September 2006) explores whether Tonga was on the brink of change and what may happen should the expectations ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Flash-Back (Video): Tonga &#8211; Class Restored &#8211; October 31 2007</title>
		<link>https://36th-parallel.com/2012/03/19/flash-back-video-tonga-class-restored-october-31-2007/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Selwyn Manning]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flash-Back (Video): Tonga &#8211; Class Restored &#8211; October 31 2007 36th Parallel apologizes for the variable audio quality. Part 1 of Tonga &#8211; Class Restored (fifteen minutes). Part 2 of Tonga &#8211; Class Restored (six minutes). Produced in October 2007 by Selwyn Manning, broadcast on Stratos TV and webcast on Scoop.co.nz. See Also: (Video) The ]]></description>
		
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