Interview: Papua New Guinea troop mutiny

Damien Kingsbury, professor of international relations at Deakin University, talked to Al Jazeera from Melbourne, Australia, about the troop mutiny in Papua New Guinea.

He termed the development as "a likely a countercoup".

"There is tense and uncertain situation," Kingsbury said.

"There is no external mediation, no neutral party at the moment, and unless both sides step back from current position there is very good chance it will lead to conflict in the near future."

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[draoi99]

@mystuff414 Asian, you dumb stupid redneck racist shitstain.

[wyatt9688]

@mystuff414 They're racially far distant from Africans and genetically unique. Leave your stereotypes aside. Africans are not the only ones with dark skin colour (Indians are Dark-skinned Caucasians for example). Learn something about real racial anthropology. Oh and many East PNG islanders have blond hair, so you fail double time.

[mangincmaki92]

They arent asian or african theyre pacific islanders from melanesia!!!!!

[patchgoli]

@mystuff414 You are clearly an ignorant person when it comes to genetics. Africans are their own wonderful race and Papua New Guineans are actually Melanesian. They are completely different from the African race. Their closest genetic link is Malaysia. So even though they have similar looks, their genetics are completely different. I don't understand why people have to be so hateful. It serves no purpose.

[patchgoli]

@eshamo2006 No they are not. They are Melanesian. A completely different race to the African race. Just because they have afro's or similar facial features does not mean their genetics are similar or the same. You clearly know nothing about genetics. The closest link to these people are Malaysians - in Asia if you don't know where that is.

[eshamo2006]

These people clearly part of African descent, and anyone who say's other wise is blind, their hair is nappy and they have broad noses like folkes from Africa.

[yourtreat2]

New Guinea's going to overrun by Cannibals!!!

[TheTrollingIndustry]

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[8rdf]

@mystuff414

stfu stupid crakkker

[TheHC95]

@LanceFlugerman No, its bout potatoes

[iNinja85]

Omg, how are tourists are business people over there at the moment....?

Can somebody tell me how it's effecting them? I know somebody over there currently, worried about them!

[LanceFlugerman]

this all about diamonds?