Notes de l’Ifri Asie.Visions 97 Papua New Guinea: Continuing to Muddle Through Jenny HAYWARD-JONES January 2018 Center for Asian Studies The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) is a research center and a forum for debate on major international political and economic issues. Headed by Thierry de Montbrial since its founding in 1979, Ifri is a non- governmental, non-profit organization. As an independent think tank, Ifri sets its own research agenda, publishing its findings regularly for a global audience. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Ifri brings together political and economic decision-makers, researchers and internationally renowned experts to animate its debate and research activities. The opinions expressed in this text are the responsibility of the author alone. ISBN: 978-2-36567-827-8 © All rights reserved, Ifri, 2018 How to quote this document: Jenny Hayward-Jones, “Papua New Guinea: Continuing to Muddle Through”, Asie.Visions, No. 97, Ifri, January 2018. Ifri 27 rue de la Procession 75740 Paris Cedex 15 – FRANCE Tel.: +33 (0)1 40 61 60 00 – Fax: +33 (0)1 40 61 60 60 Email:
[email protected] Website: Ifri.org Author Jenny Hayward-Jones is a Lowy Institute Nonresident Fellow and former Director of the Melanesia Program at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining the Lowy Institute, Jenny was an officer in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for thirteen years, serving in the Australian missions in Vanuatu and Turkey. She worked as Policy Adviser to the Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands from its inception in July 2003 and in 2004.