Pacific Islands Resources and Background

This page provides links to resources related to the Pacific Islands and the work of the Pacific Islands Caucus, including reports, articles, maps and other media.

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Maps

Pacific Aid Map - Lowy Institute
Map of the West Pacific Islands - Library of Congress
Map of Oceania - Library of Congress (Historic from 1985)

U.S.-Pacific Islands Collaboration

September 16, 2025 - White House - "Reinvigorating the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership: U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Roundtable in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea"
August 27, 2024 - White House - "Fact Sheet - Following Through on the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership 53rd Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga August 26-30, 2024"
November 10, 2023 - White House - "Fact Sheet - Energizing the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Partnership"
September 25, 2023 - White House - "U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Statement on Reaffirming U.S.-Pacific Partnership"
September 25, 2023 - White House - "Fact Sheet - Enhancing the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership"
September 29, 2022 - White House - "Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership"
September 29, 2022 - White House - "Fact Sheet - Roadmap for a 21st Century U.S.-Pacific Island Partnership"

Videos

September 10, 2024 - House Natural Resources Committee - "Examining the Implementation of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024"
August 24, 2023 - House Natural Resources Committee -"Peace Through Strength: The Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands to U.S.-led Global Security"
March 11, 2022 - East West Center - "The Pacific Islands Matter for America/America Matters for the Pacific Islands"
October 21, 2021 - House Natural Resources Committee - "Runit Dome and the U.S. Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands"
October 20, 2021 - House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing - "The Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands"
September 23, 2021 - Pacific Islands Forum "Joint Media Release: Pacific Leaders meet with United Nations Secretary-General"
July 23, 2019 - Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources Hearing - "United States' Interests in the Freely Associated States."
September 13, 2021 - PBS - "Coral Reefs of Vanuatu"

Reports and Background

September 2025 - "54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Communique" - Pacific Islands Forum
July 2025 - "Shifting Tides: The National Security Implications of the United States’ Pacific Drawdown" - Center for Strategic International Studies
December 2024 - "The Freely Associated States and Issues for Congress" - Congressional Research Service
November 2024 - "The Pacific Islands" - Congressional Research Service
October 2024 - "The Pacific Pivot: An American Strategy for the Pacific Islands" - Heritage Foundation
May 2024 - "How the Renewed Compacts of Free Association Support U.S. Economic, National Security, and Climate Goals" - Joint Economic Committee
April 2024 - "The Compacts of Free Association" - Congressional Research Service
March 2024 – "The Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development" - Pacific Island Forum Secretariat
November 2023 - "Global Implications of the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting" - Center for Strategic International Studies
October 2023 - "U.S.-Pacific Islands Trade and Investment: Impediments and Opportunities" - U.S. International Trade Commission
June 2023 - "United Nations Pacific Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2023-2027" - United Nations
March 2023 - "Charting a New Course for the Pacific Islands: Strategic Pathways for U.S.-Micronesia Engagement" - The National Bureau of Asian Research
July 2022 -- "The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent" - Pacific Islands Forum
February 2022 - "The Pacific Islands Matters for America/America Matters for the Pacific Islands" - East-West Center
September 2021 - "Joint Media Release: Pacific Leaders meet with United Nations Secretary-General" - Pacific Islands Forum
September 2021 "Japan Pacific Islands Defense Dialogue Joint Statement"
February 2021 – "The United States' Indo-Pacific Strategy and a Revisionist China: Partnering with Small and Middle Powers in the Pacific Islands Region" - Pacific Forum
June 2020 - "United Nations Pacific Strategy 2018-2022" - United Nations
January 2020 "Indo-Pacific Strategies of U.S. Allies and Partners: Issues for Congress" - Congressional Research Service
December 2019 "Mapping the Information Environment in the Pacific Island Countries: Disruptors, Deficits, and Decisions" - Center for Naval Analyses
July 2019 – "America's Pacific Island Allies" - RAND Corporation
May 2019 – "Strengthening the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership" - Center for Strategic & International Studies
June 2018 – "China's Engagement in the Pacific Islands: Implications for the United States" - U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Staff Research Report
June 2021 - "An Overview of Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Options for Pacific Island Countries" - Pacific Islands Form
June 2021 - "Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration Independent Review" - Pacific Islands Forum