Pacific Reflections

“Tiki: [Māori] A large wooden or small ornamental greenstone image of an ancestor or any human figure.” --Oxford English Dictionary One...

Every few years for the past 15 years or so, a certain obsession grips Pacific Island civil society, which is to say, the media, the...

The recent opinion in Fitisemanu v. United States, in which a federal appeals court ruled that American Samoans are not U.S. citizens,...

American Samoa’s joy is Guam’s defeat — along with that of other island territories We have grave misgivings about forcing the American...

On the evening of Feb. 15, 1898, an explosion ripped through the USS Maine, a U.S. Naval Battleship anchored at the harbor in Havana,...

U.S. ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland, alongside Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. visited Taiwan, officially known as the...

Among my random possessions is an antique globe. It’s one of my favorite things. Parts of it are battered and illegible. There’s a dimple...

The event itself happened quickly enough. Members of the Pacific Islands Forum elected Henry Puna, former Prime Minister of the Cook...

Covid-19 has wrought more than its share of havoc on everyone. I don’t bother combing my hair unless I have a video conference, which is...

I once had a professor who shared a story about working on Capitol Hill for a prominent U.S. senator who stressed the importance of...

Palau has long had certain advantages, and advantages beget benefits. Palau is closer to Asia. Non-stop flights eliminate the need for a U.S

New Caledonia and the curious tale of sovereignty “Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the...