Both the US and Australia are adamant the Pacific "matters". But only one is really moving the dial
- Written by Henryk Szadziewski, Affiliate, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii
Just before the second summit between the US and the Pacific Islands Forum at the White House in September, the US hosts took Pacific leaders to an American football game. One, however, was conspicuously absent: Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.
This led many to question whether Sogavare’s absence was evidence that in another...
