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28 Oct 2023

Saturday 28th, October, 2023: Divided Isles; Solomon Islands and the China Switch, by Edward Acton Cavanough

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Fiona and Macca are joined live on air by, EDWARD ACTON CAVANOUGH as they discuss his new book, Divided Isles; Solomon Islands and the China Switch; In Divided Isles, Edward Cavanough explains how the  switch played out on the ground and its extraordinary potential consequences. He speaks with the dissidents and
politicians who shape Solomon Islands’ politics, and to the ordinary people whose lives have been upended by a decision that has changed the country – and the region –
forever.

EDWARD ACTON CAVANOUGH is a journalist, researcher and policy analyst based in Adelaide. He has reported from Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. His writing has appeared in The Saturday Paper, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian,
The Nation, The South China Morning Post and The Australian. He is CEO of the McKell Institute.

https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/authors/edward-acton-cavanough

Photo courtesy of Black Ink Books.

 

 

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