ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Karl Kössler

Karl Kössler is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research Bolzano/Bozen (Italy) and Member of the Council of Europe’s Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government.

POSTS BY Karl Kössler

18 December 2019

Karl Kössler

Between Euphoria and a Stony Path Ahead

In the referendum held in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville more than 98% of the people voted in favour of independent statehood. This referendum has been in the making for almost 20 years but now Papua New Guinea and Bougainville face a complex post-referendum process that is fraught with many uncertainties. Continue reading >>