COFA

Compact of Free Association (COFA) Status: An Imperial Policy on the Move

By: Emily Mitchell-Eaton* I. Introduction II. COFA Status as a Liminal Legal Status: Historical Roots and Legal Construction …

On Essential Islands

By: Nathan Fitch* In 2018, at the invitation of the college there, I traveled to the Federated States …

Out-Competing China: A View of the COFAs from Washington

By: Patricia O’Brien* Since March 2022, the considerable efforts of the United States to invigorate and reshape its …

Poems on Identity, History, Politics, and Relationships from Pohnpei, Micronesia

By: Carol Ann Carl* I. Keilahn Aio: On the Other Side of Yesterday II. The Preamble of the …

Special Symposium Issue – Unpacking the Compacts of Free Association