US maintains military grip over ‘sovereign’ Pacific island states
In exchange, the compact states have conceded several controls to Washington, one of which is what U.S. officials call “strategic denial,” or the authority to prohibit the military forces of other countries from accessing the compact states. Although strategic denial is...
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