• Chief Executive Officer The McKell Institute, an Australian think-tank.

  • Journalist — Reporting from Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Somaliland, Mongolia, China, Vanuatu, Afghanistan, Cuba, Malaysia, Australia & more. By-lines in Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, ABC News, The Nation, NBC News, South China Morning Post, The Australian, 7 News, Sydney Morning Herald, The Saturday Paper & more.

  • Author — Divided Isles: Solomon Islands & The China Switch, (Black Inc 2023, Manchester University Press, 2024).

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