By Gabriel McCoard

But what about immigration under COFA? U.S. military access to most of the Pacific Ocean paired with open immigration rights for citizens of the freely associated states are the hallmarks of the Compacts, after all. That and money, of course.

Turned out that everything he said at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore was more or less what everyone knows about China’s aspirations in the Pacific. An invasion of Taiwan could happen. It could be imminent. Could be.

Rep. Ed Case of Hawaii reintroduced the “Our Pacific Partnership Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Per the article, this legislation would “mandate the Department of State to institute a clear and comprehensive strategy to enhance the United States’s diplomatic posts, defense posture and economic engagements with the Pacific island bloc."