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A Manus Islander herself, Michelle Rooney reviews Berhouz Boochani's No Friend but the Mountains, from an Oceanian lens.

There are many risks factors to stability in Papua New Guinea (PNG), requiring a holistic approach to addressing its fragility and building resilience. Exacerbating these risk factors is a deficit of trust between the state and its citizens. As the United States implements a new strategy to advance peace and security in PNG, it will be critical to repair the citizen-state relationship.