In most Western schools, children were often asked in Geography class: “Which is the largest ocean in the world?” To us, the Pacific looked like empty space — a vast stretch of blue that separates continents. But that cartographic illusion hides the truth: the Pacific is not empty at all. It is a constellation of nations, languages and histories, now standing at the fault line of global power. However, much like the game of chess that was the Cold-War, is the Pacific slipping

Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui a Tāne.   A mighty Totora tree has fallen. A few weeks have passed since the death of Kiingi Tuheitia...

Politics seems to be becoming increasingly ill-defined in the traditional militaristic, interventionist, and realist fashion of the...