Grappling with the Bomb

Nic Maclellan works as a journalist and researcher in the Pacific islands. As a broadcaster and correspondent, he has contributed to Islands Business magazine, Radio Australia, The Guardian, Inside Story, The Contemporary Pacific and other regional media and journals.

He has written widely on the environment, development, decolonisation and demilitarisation in the Pacific, and was awarded the 2015 ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Sector’ award by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).

He is co-author of other books on Pacific affairs, including La France dans le Pacifique: de Bougainville à Moruroa (Editions La Découverte, Paris), After Moruroa: France in the South Pacific (Ocean Press, New York and Melbourne) and Kirisimasi (PCRC, Suva).