Dan McGarry
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Biography
Publications
Dan McGarry is an independent journalist living in Vanuatu.
![Keeping West Papua on the agenda](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1164516630%20copy.jpg?itok=XVQri4-K)
Keeping West Papua on the agenda
During Covid, the independence campaign could have been forgotten. But a new generation of activists is forging ahead.
![China-Taiwan: Solomon Islands’ switch and a “new normal”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-2486679.jpg?itok=hdae3xrH)
China-Taiwan: Solomon Islands’ switch and a “new normal”
Should the US and Australia really be surprised that Pacific nations see China filling a vacuum?
![Vanuatu: flailing, not drowning](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/31406589001_73147a5deb_o.jpg?itok=dFMzWTvS)
Vanuatu: flailing, not drowning
Development finance is fraught with issues, but won’t be solved with geopolitical bun fights.