History shows a resounding referendum – like recently in Bougainville – is not alone in deciding future independence.
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Gordon Peake’s first book was an award-winning memoir of life in Timor-Leste, Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles & Secrets from Timor-Leste. He worked as an adviser to the Autonomous Bougainville Government from 2016 until 2020. He is a Visitor at the Australian National University’s School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) where he is writing a book about New Guinea. He hosts the podcast series Memorandum of Understanding which peers behind the bureaucratic curtain to look at the people, policies and politics of international aid.