As world and US geopolitical attention shifts to the Pacific islands, it’s clear that Pacific thinkers will be increasingly important – people who understand not only Washington DC but the rhythms of 15 genuinely unique Pacific island nations, covering 300,000 square miles.  The late US Ambassador to the Pacific, Steven McGann, was one of these people, serving as US Ambassador to Fiji from 2008 to 2011 – a representation that includes Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.  It’s mildly ironic – with the distance of time – that McGann’s 2008 Pacific appointment by George W. Bush emerged when US and world […]

Some thoughts on what is likely one of the most consequential times in recent South Pacific history. Here I join Tess Newton Cain and the ABC’s Philip Adams on Late Night Live.