Christopher Brucker 🇬🇱

PhD Candidate @UniJena | Secessionism, rebel diplomacy, international advocacy | #Bougainville | South Caucasus | BSG Chemie Leipzig 💚 | HC | RT ≠ endorsement

[Christopher Brucker 🇬🇱 @BruckerC]

Hey All!

I'm happy to share my new article, published with Small Wars & Insurgencies:

Advocating for rebellion – Rebel diplomacy and international advocacy in the Bougainville Crisis

https://t.co/UOdYCWIIiQ

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After years of consultations and intense negotiations over the technical aspects of the ratification process for the 2019 #Bougainville Independence Referendum, the mandatory vote in Papua New Guinea’s Parliament now appears to be set for 30 August.

https://t.co/8yRnq6vnQn

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With the presentation of the PNG Parliament’s Bipartisan Committee Report on #Bougainville in Port Moresby today, the long‑awaited ratification process of the Bougainville Independence Referendum has begun, with a final vote expected in July.

https://t.co/2pnmKx986i

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UDI: Courtesy of Mike Forster (ex-BIG)

DFAT statement in:

Blewett, N. (1990), Bougainville: Unilateral Declaration of Independence: Press Release No. M.70, Australian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (Canberra).

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#Bougainville Remembrance Day

17th May 1990: the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) unilaterally declared the independence of the Republic of Bougainville, proclaimed in response to a naval blockade announced by PNG PM Diro on 2 May.

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Under the slogan “From Sacrifice to Sovereignty,” ABG President Toroama said: “I would like to declare to you today that our second cry for Independence on May 17th [...] will be answered with the declaration of our independence on September 1st 2027.”

https://t.co/M7l90aVjtr

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Two student journals in Germany got top ranking in recent awards - Otfried (Bamberg) & Akruetzel (Jena).

Congrats! Both to their great credit, wrote critically of how professors @ their university had, effectively, sided w dubious ventures in #Georgia.
https://t.co/rdXuFUhHI6

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Die Dokumente können im Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes eingesehen werden:

https://t.co/WrYXAGexs3

Folgende Signaturen sind relevant:

Das Abkommen vom April 1886
BArch R1001-2938/006-008

Karte 1
BArch R1001-3081/0025

Karte 3
BArch R1001-KART/11459

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#Bougainville

Berlin, 6. April 1886: Herbert von Bismarck, Unterstaatssekretär im Auswärtigen Amt und der britische Botschafter Edward Malet unterzeichnen eine Erklärung zur Abgrenzung der deutschen und britischen Interessensphären im westlichen Pazifik.

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Wie auch immer der Unabhängigkeitsprozess Bougainvilles ausgehen wird: Die Wurzeln des späteren Konflikts wurden vor genau 140 Jahren im Auswärtigen Amt in Berlin gelegt.

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In a separate statement, ABG President Ishmael Toroama declared: "Above all, do not lose hope. Our people have endured war, volcanic eruptions, and cyclones far greater than this. We are resilient, and we will overcome this challenge together."

https://t.co/OXiNiXEzPe

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#Bougainville

Following the devastation in parts of central B'ville caused by Cyclone Maila, the Bougainville Executive Council (BEC) has declared a three‑month State of Emergency across the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB).

https://t.co/lcwcMxUmIf

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Here's the full statement:

https://t.co/f6KCDdjAjq