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Asia Pacific Bulletin
Asia Pacific Bulletin
The Open Gap in the “Free and Open” Indo-Pacific
The Open Gap in the “Free and Open” Indo-Pacific
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Part of the Special Series on US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Perspectives from Allies, Partners, and Across the Indo-Pacific
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Number 664 |
Dr. Kennneth Gofigan Kuper, Associate Professor at the University of Guam’s Micronesian Area Research Center and Director of the Pacific Center for Island Security, explains that "[t]he native inhabitants of Guam… have not been given the freedom to exercise their right to self-determination." |
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"For many of us in Guam, a free and open Indo-Pacific cannot be fully accomplished without resolving the paradox of the United States maintaining a modern-day colony even though the local government has supported moving forward with a decolonization process."
Part of the Special Series on US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Perspectives from Allies, Partners, and Across the Indo-Pacific
![](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/APB%20Arch%20Icon%20with%20no%20issue%20num_0.png.webp?itok=fx250nww)
Number 664 |
Dr. Kennneth Gofigan Kuper, Associate Professor at the University of Guam’s Micronesian Area Research Center and Director of the Pacific Center for Island Security, explains that "[t]he native inhabitants of Guam… have not been given the freedom to exercise their right to self-determination." |
for additional titles in the Asia Pacific Bulletin |
"For many of us in Guam, a free and open Indo-Pacific cannot be fully accomplished without resolving the paradox of the United States maintaining a modern-day colony even though the local government has supported moving forward with a decolonization process."