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

U.S.-Pacific Islands Collaboration

• 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 - "Pacific Islands Partnership Strategy"
• 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

• 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

• October 1, 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

• November 2023 - "Global Implications of the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting" - Center for Strategic International Studies 

• November 2023 - "The Pacific Islands" Congressional Research Service 

• March 2023 - "Charting a New Course for the Pacific Islands: Strategic Pathways for U.S.-Micronesia Engagement", The National Bureau of Asian Research

• April 25, 2022 - "The Pacific Islands", Congressional Research Service

• Feburary 2022 - "The Pacific Islands Matters for America/America Matters for the Pacific Islands"

• September 2, 2021 "Japan Pacific Islands Defense Dialogue"

• 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

• 24, June 2020 - "United Nations Pacific Strategy 2018-2022"

• October 7, 2020 – "The Freely Associated States and Issues for Congress," Congressional Research Service

• January 30, 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 15, 2019 – "Strengthening the U.S.-Pacific Islands Partnership," Center for Strategic & International Studies.

• May 10, 2019 "The Pacific Islands" Congressional Research Service

• June 14, 2018 – "China's Engagement in the Pacific Islands: Implications for the United States," U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Staff Research Report.

• September 2018 – "The Pacific Roadmap for Sustainable Development," Pacific Island Forum Secretariat.

• August 19, 2018 – "USAID Pacific Islands Regional Profile," U.S. Agency for International Development.

• July 14, 2022 -- "The 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent," Pacific Islands Forum

• June 4, 2021 -- "An Overview of Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Options for Pacific Island Countries," Pacific Islands Form

• June 15, 2022 -- "Pacific Leaders Gender Equality Declaration Independent Review," Pacific Islands Forum