Unreported: U.S. strategic ties with key central Pacific islands at risk

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Unreported: U.S. strategic ties with key central Pacific islands at risk

by WorldTribune Staff, February 13, 2024 U.S. strategic control of the Central Pacific depends on Compacts of Free Association (COFA) treaties with Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Marshall Islands. “These nations and their huge maritime territory comprise most of an ‘east-west corridor’ from Hawaii to the western edge of the […]

Communist China takes aim at tiny Pacific Islands and their special relationship with the United States

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Communist China takes aim at tiny Pacific Islands and their special relationship with the United States

by WorldTribune Staff, June 27, 2023 The Pacific island nations of Palau, Marshall Islands, and Micronesia, known as the Freely Associated States (FAS), have long granted the United States extensive defense and security access, including the right to base at and deny entry to the FAS by someone else’s military. Citizens in the three strategically-situated […]