A review of Coleman Hughes’ thoughtful The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America, Thesis (Penguin Random House), 2024. The topic of race is ‘boring’ to Coleman Hughes. To state such a thing publicly, in the United States, is enough to land one in both social and professional hot water. Yet New York-born Hughes – half black, half Puerto Rican – has carved himself out as a leading contrarian figure on the issue of race in the United States. I label Hughes ‘contrarian’ here because the space occupied on his short path, at only 28 years old, is […]

An optimistic case for PNG’s democracy, despite so much pessimism.

PART 1: The International Monetary Fund, Papua New Guinea and rapid foreign exchange reform. PART 2: A practical way to resolve Papua New Guinea’s electricity crisis. PART 3: Resolving Papua New Guinea’s human capital deficit with more than just funding.  

This piece explores how to build US-PNG-Australian trilateral relations, which is only becoming more important in the current strategic environment.

A short piece of mine for the Griffith Asia Institute on the recent and disturbing violence in PNG.

The second in a two-part series for the Griffith Asia Insights blog.

The first in a two-part series for the Griffith Asia Insights blog.

A short summary on the second annual US-Pacific Islands Forum – an initiative I suggested over two years ago – that is critical to the political momentum behind US-Pacific links.

Here I share some thoughts on PNG’s recent decision to open an Embassy in Jerusalem and becoming only five nations to do so.

I explain PNG’s embassy move to Jerusalem here.