Alaine Chanter

Dr Alaine Chanter is a former academic in Politics and Cultural Studies at the University of Canberra. One of her main areas of research was the independence struggle in the French Pacific, particularly New Caledonia.

Recent articles by Alaine Chanter

Political unrest, French negotiations and decolonisation in New Caledonia

Political unrest, French negotiations and decolonisation in New Caledonia

New Caledonia stands at a precipice. Political representatives from this French Territory are meeting in Paris to try to eke out an agreement over its political future in the dark shadow of the violence of 2024 that saw New Caledonia burn and 14 people — 12 Kanaks and two French military — killed.

The crisis in New Caledonia

The crisis in New Caledonia

The claim by Paris officials that ‘foreign interference’ is behind the civil turmoil in New Caledonia not only attempts to deflect responsibility from France for the crisis but is also an insult to the Kanak peoples’ long struggle for independence.