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An infrequently updated collection of essays, musings, opinions, and trivial observations…

Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 9/14/26 Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 9/14/26

THE POLITICS OF HAWAIIAN PRIORITY & the DHHL

If a society genuinely wants to honor indigenous rights, it cannot settle for casting itself as a benevolent trustee managing a pool of disenfranchised applicants. It has to be willing to share actual power.

Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 3/14/26 Mark Mauikanehoalani Lovell 3/14/26

ʻO KA HEWA PAUʻOLE: Recurring Patterns & US Foreign Policy

If we think of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s 1893 overthrow as a foreign policy beta test that the US would pattern and perfect over the next 130+ years, then military interventions in other countries seem less about global stability and more like tactics from a very specific and uniquely American "playbook".