PACIFIC: Economy, environment threaten states' survival
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An Australia defence expert says bleak economic and environmental prospects are threatening the political survival of many South Pacific states. Allan Behm was the head of the International Policy and Strategy Divisions of Australia's Defence Department and now works as an adviser on political and security risks. He says even the largest Pacific country, Papua New Guinea, faces a long slide towards being ungovernable, as a result of unmanageable politics and corruption. Mr Behm's prepared a paper for the Kokoda Foundation think-tank, looking at Australian security policy until 2050.
Presenter: Graeme Dobell
Speakers: Defence analyst Allan Behm, author of a paper on Australian security policy to 2050 for the Kokoda Foundation
