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South Pacific Islands: U.S-South Pacific Relations

This research guide focuses on the important issues regarding the South Pacific Islands and international affairs. Books, journal articles, reports, websites, and more included in this guide offer information and insight into these issues.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under FDR (1933-1945)

"Merely a Facade"? Roosevelt and the Southwest Pacific
Journal of American-East Asian Relations, 1994.
Vision and Victory: Franklin Roosevelt and the Pacific War Council, 1942-1944
Presidential Studies Quarterly, 1991.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Truman (1945-1953)

The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS Treaty), 1951
Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Expanding Representation: Pacific Territories
U.S. House of Representatives.
Nuclear Testing-- The Pacific
Nuclear Princeton.
Statement by the President on Transferring the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and American Samoa to Civilian Administration
1951.
Why Does Harry Truman’s Asia Legacy Matter?
The DIplomat, 2017.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Eisenhower (1953-1961)

EISENHOWER GAVE ATOM TEST ORDER; U.S. Tells U.N. Decision for New Pacific Experiments Came After Careful Study More Talks Next Week New Precautions
New York Times, 1956.
Nuclear Testing-- The Pacific
Nuclear Princeton.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under JFK (1961-1963)

A Report by the U.S. Government Survey Mission to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
1963.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under LBJ (1963-1969)

LBJ's Speech on U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia
July 12, 1966.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Nixon (1969-1974)

Richard Nixon’s Asian Prophecy
The Diplomat, 2019.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Ford (1974-1977)

Ford, Kissinger and US Asia-Pacific Policy
The Diplomat, 2014.
The Ford Administration and Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific after the Fall of Saigon
The Historical Journal, 2009.
Ford Proclaims 'Pacific Doctrine' of Peace With All
New York Times, 1975.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Carter (1977-1981)

Back to the South Pacific
New York Times, April 1978.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Reagan (1981-1989)

Journal Articles/Reports

U.S. Policy and the South and Southwest Pacific
Asian Survey, Vol. 28, no. 7, 1988.

Online Articles/Reports

Proclamation 5564 -- United States Relations With the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands
Reagan Presidential Library Archives, 1986.
Reagan's Remarks ar a Meeting with Asian and Pacific-American Leaders
February 23, 1984.
Security and Ronald Reagan's South Pacific: Experience and Legacy
Australasian Journal of American Studies, 1988.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

Bush's Remarks at the Conclusion of the Pacific Island Nations-- United States Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii
October 27, 1990.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Clinton (1993-2001)

The United States and Asia in 1993: Year of Asia and the Pacific
Asian Survey, 1993.
The United States and Asia in 1995: The Case of the Missing President
Asian Survey, 1995.
The United States and Asia in 1996: Under Renovation, but Open for Business
Asian Survey, 1996.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under George W. Bush (2001-2009)

Fact Sheet: The United States and Asia: Enduring Freedom and Prosperity
2008.
George W. Bush and Asia: A Midterm Assessment
Wilson Center, 2003.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Obama (2009-2017)

Fact Sheet: Advancing the Rebalance to Asia and the Pacific
2015.
Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces New Policies to Promote Conservation and Build Resilience to Climate Change, with a focus on Pacific Islands
2016.
The Obama Administration and US Policy in Asia
Contemporary Southeast Asia, 2009.
Renewed Engagement: U.S. Policy Toward Pacific Island Nations
September 29, 2010.
Tales of the South Pacific: President Obama and the Transpacific Partnership
AEI Research Report, 2009.
The U.S. as a Pacific Nation
Education About Asia, 2012.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Trump (2017-2021)

The US’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for Pacific Island Countries
Australian National University Department of Pacific Affairs, 2018.

U.S.-Pacific Relations Under Biden (2021- )

Journal Articles/Reports

Can the US Open a ‘New Chapter’ With the Pacific?
The Diplomat, 14 Jul 2022.

Online Articles/Reports

Blinken Says U.S. Has a ‘Long-Term Future’ in the Pacific Islands
New York Times, 2022.
The Contradiction at the Heart of U.S. Policy Toward the Pacific Islands
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2022.
U.S. Ground Forces in the Indo-Pacific: Background and Issues for Congress
CRS Report, 2022.
US Beefs Up South Pacific Aid, Diplomacy as China Spreads Its Influence
VOA News, 2022.
What Does the United States Need In Its South Pacific Strategy?
Small Wars Journal, 2022.

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