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In 2019 after succeeding Peter O’Neil, Prime Minister James Marape’s declared a foreign policy shift from PNGs Traditional Partners (Australia, US and China) towards South East Asia. The new foreign policy approach was based on his vision as PNGs new leader to start a new beginning for the country. He stated after taking power inContinue reading “A glimpse of Marapes foreign policy and the challenges of not having a White Paper”

Introduction Papua New Guinea is a developing country which puts national security issues like sea or maritime piracy a huge concern for its citizens living along the coasts. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers areas of interest such as Bismark Sea, Solomon Sea, Gulf of Papua, Torres Straight and the maritime boarder with Solomon IslandsContinue reading “A case study of Sea Piracy in PNG”

Conclusion/ Discussions        All in all, sea piracy is a security issue threatening human security in the maritime provinces in PNG. Most piracy cases reported are along the coasts of Milne Bay, Morobe and Madang Provinces. There are three main factors that leads to act of piracy in PNG:  Western influence, PNGs developing economy and poorContinue reading “Conclusion/Discussion/Recommendations on Sea Piracy in PNG”

There are various government bodies that are responsible for combating sea piracy in PNG. They are the maritime institutions established under the umbrella of the Department Transport and Infrastructure. The National Maritime Service Authority (NMSA) is the government department responsible for the safety in the seas. It is the statutory body established by an ActContinue reading “PNG Governing Bodies and Maritime Laws/ Strategies used to address Sea Piracy”

Introduction Papua New Guinea is a developing country which puts national security issues like sea or maritime piracy a huge concern for its citizens living along the coasts. The Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers areas of interest such as Bismark Sea, Solomon Sea, Gulf of Papua, Torres Straight and the maritime boarder with Solomon IslandsContinue reading “Sea Piracy in PNG”

Mintz, A., & DeRouen, K. R., 2010, ‘Understanding foreign policy decision making, pp. 121-129,    New York, Cambridge University Press, Retrieved from             https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0c7a/42d12a3710ba23fea4459fa2515728d0683f.pdf  Alex Mintz is currently the dean of Launder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC-Herzliya, Israel. The recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award for distinguished contribution to the field from the ForeignContinue reading “Annotated Bibliography 4”

Mintz, A., & DeRouen, K. R., 2010, ‘Understanding foreign policy decision making, pp. 18-37,  New York, Cambridge University Press, Retrieved from   https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0c7a/42d12a3710ba23fea4459fa2515728d0683f.pdf  Alex Mintz is currently the dean of Launder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC-Herzliya, Israel. The recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award for distinguished contribution to the field from the ForeignContinue reading “Annotated Bibliography 3”

Mintz, A., & DeRouen, K. R., 2010, ‘Understanding foreign policy decision making, pp. 15-18,   New York, Cambridge University Press, Retrieved from   https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0c7a/42d12a3710ba23fea4459fa2515728d0683f.pdf  Alex Mintz is currently the dean of Launder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC-Herzliya, Israel. The recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award for distinguished contribution to the field from theContinue reading “Annotated Bibliography 2”

Mintz, A., & DeRouen, K. R,. 2010, ‘Understanding foreign policy decision making, pp. 1-11, New York, Cambridge University Press In this book Mintz and DeRouen states the decision making approach in the study of foreign policy analysis. The essence of the approach as it explains the processes and outcomes of decisions made at the internationalContinue reading “Annotated Bibliography 1”