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Micronesia
July 26, 2022
Micronesia’s First COVID-19 Outbreak Balloons, Causing Alarm
By Nick Perry
Micronesia has logged over 1,000 cases just a week since becoming the final nation in the world with a population of more than 100,000 to experience a COVID outbreak.
February 08, 2022
The US Is Squandering Its COFA Advantage in the Pacific
By Patricia O’Brien
The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) between the U.S. and the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau touch on nearly every U.S. national priority. So why are renegotiations stuck in limbo?
February 10, 2021
How the Pacific Islands Forum Fell Apart
By Cleo Paskal
The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications.
February 08, 2021
A Tiff at PIF? Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Change Triggers Frustration
By Grant Wyeth
Within the PIF, leadership has typically rotated between Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian states. Until now, it seems.
October 14, 2020
PIF Fragmentation May Alter US-China Competition in the Pacific
By Derek Grossman
A looming north-south split in the Pacific Islands Forum poses both challenges and opportunities to the rival superpowers.
August 20, 2020
Who Will Lead the Pacific Islands Forum?
By Nic Maclellan
Amid shifting geopolitical tides, the race is on to choose a new secretary general for the PIF.
June 09, 2020
Why the Compacts of Free Association Matter to Washington
By Grant Wyeth
With its eyes on China, the United States seeks to reaffirm its presence in the western Pacific.
March 06, 2020
Delayed Chuuk Secession Vote a Win for US Policy in Oceania
By Derek Grossman
Chuuk’s decision to delay a secession vote is a significant victory for America’s diplomatic, economic, and security competition with China in the Pacific Islands.
May 11, 2019
The United States Needs a COFA Strategy
By Michael Walsh
Over the next few years, the United States is expected to start renegotiating the terms of its Compacts of Free Association.
October 10, 2016
Following Micronesia's Lead on Climate Change
By Peter M. Christian
Previously Micronesia led successful efforts to accelerate the phase out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
February 19, 2016
America’s Micronesia Problem
By Thomas R. Matelski
The end of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated States of Micronesia would have serious repercussions.
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