Australia-PNG Pukpuk Agreement 2025

Diplomatic shifts rarely happen overnight. They take shape slowly, often through meetings that do not attract much attention. A statement here, a joint exercise there, a line in a policy …

When Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed the historic Pukpuk Defense Cooperation Agreement on October 10, 2025, the eyes of the region turned toward Jakarta. The pact—symbolically named after …