2019
DOI: 10.7249/rr2973
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America's Pacific Island Allies: The Freely Associated States and Chinese Influence

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“…Softer forms of cooperation are likely to be welcomed throughout the region. 23 Although several countries possess dedicated coast guards, many have singular maritime services, which are more similar to the U.S. Coast Guard than to the U.S. Navy. These forces are focused more on sovereignty and coastal protection than on global force projection.…”
Section: Advantages Of a Law Enforcement-led Combined Maritime Force ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Softer forms of cooperation are likely to be welcomed throughout the region. 23 Although several countries possess dedicated coast guards, many have singular maritime services, which are more similar to the U.S. Coast Guard than to the U.S. Navy. These forces are focused more on sovereignty and coastal protection than on global force projection.…”
Section: Advantages Of a Law Enforcement-led Combined Maritime Force ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Grossman has noted that, "for American Samoa, in particular, Chinese IUU fishing activities have depleted tuna stocks within its maritime EEZ [exclusive economic zone] and disrupted the local economy." 45 Countries that are parties to existing international conventions-of which there are manywould also likely be interested in participating. In addition, the U.S. Coast Guard has already transferred ownership of former high endurance cutters to the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.…”
Section: Membershipmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…China's strategy toward the Pacific Island countries that I just described is also playing out in the FAS-a region of keen geostrategic interest to the United States. 24 As my RAND colleagues and I discussed in a 2019 report to Congress, the FAS are critical enablers of U.S. military operations that support the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy. 25 Washington is seeking to sustain these long-standing security partnerships by renewing the Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) it has with them.…”
Section: China's Strategy In the Freely Associated Statesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although Underwood is confident that the compacts will be renegotiated, the China factor has rendered this outcome less certain that it would have seemed just a few years ago (Grossman et al 2019;Underwood 2017:10). It will be interesting to see whether exclusion of foreign military from the compact states continues to be the operating principle for US planners, or if further militarisation of these islands begins to replace strategic denial as US-China competition intensifies.…”
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