Located closer to Beijing than Hawaii, Guam serves as a key U.S. strategic asset, known as the “tip of the spear,” with ...

Palacios took office last year, overseeing the US territory comprising 14 islands that share a maritime border with Japan in the Western Pacific Ocean. Saipan, its main island, lies about 2,700km ...

Explore America and discover people, places, art, history, and other items related to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam in the Smithsonian's growing digitized ...

As for the three Pacific island nations on the list, Micronesia, Palau, and the Marshall Islands, all three were territories administered by the United States from 1947 to 1986. They each decided ...

The United States’ Pacific territories, like all the Pacific Islands, face a challenge to diversify their economies away from reliance on China. China’s COVID-19 public relations push presents ...

Chinese influence will fill the void if the U.S. doesn’t support economic prosperity in the Marianas, Micronesia and the broader Pacific ... with the United States like Palau, the Federated ...

From voting challenges to financial audits and cybersecurity, election officials from five territories and the U.S. Election ...