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Why the Painful Birth of a New Pacific Nation Is Exciting Major Power Competition

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Why the Painful Birth of a New Pacific Nation Is Exciting Major Power Competition
Bougainville regional president John Momis (C) arrives at a polling station to cast his ballot in an historical independence vote in Buka on Nov. 23, 2019. Ness Kerton/AFP via Getty Images
Gregory Copley
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Why is the presumably imminent—but long-delayed and hard-fought-for—independence of a small South Pacific autonomous region, Bougainville, fraught with resistance, superpower competition, and potential further unrest?

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Gregory Copley
Gregory Copley
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Gregory Copley is president of the Washington-based International Strategic Studies Association and editor-in-chief of the “Defense & Foreign Affairs” series of publications. Born in Australia, Copley is an entrepreneur, writer, government adviser, defense publication editor, and Member of the Order of Australia. His latest and 37th book is “The Noble State: Governance Options in an Ignoble Era.”