The Kingdom of Boralani

U.S. Senator John Kennedy announced that the Senate passed his Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act to combat Communist China’s aggression in the Pacific Ocean.  The “Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act” and similarly named bills are part of a broader bipartisan… read more U.S. Senate Passes the Pacific Islands Forum Partnership Act

In the old days, the Pacific islands were often treated by outside powers as little more than dots on a map — beautiful places to sail past, refuel at, or occasionally fight over during wartime. That era is over. Today… read more China, Tonga, and the Quiet Struggle for the Pacific

For centuries, humans looked at the great oceans as barriers. The whales, apparently, disagreed. Scientists this week confirmed something remarkable: two humpback whales traveled between the breeding grounds of eastern Australia and Brazil — a journey of more than 14,000… read more Two Whales Just Redrew the Map of the Pacific

For many years, people across the South Pacific comforted themselves with the belief that the great drug wars belonged to distant continents. Cartels were something associated with the streets of Latin America, the ports of Southeast Asia, or the sprawling… read more Organized Crime Targets the Pacific Islands

Leaving Paradise: Where Do You Go When You Already Live in It? On Boralani, visitors often say the same thing within their first week: “How could anyone ever want to leave?” It’s a fair question—and a naïve one. Living on… read more Vacation from Boralani

A recent article in The Diplomat argues that the United States is quietly damaging its relationships with Pacific island nations through inconsistency, delays, and fading engagement. In the Pacific, these things matter. Island countries survive on reliability. A delayed aid… read more How Washington Is Squandering Trust in the Pacific

Over the past several weeks, some readers may have wondered whether the island had finally drifted too far out into the Pacific fog. The truth is simpler and more human than that. A dear old friend of mine passed away… read more Old Friends