Vol. 9 No. 10 What we have this month October 2025
Our Cover
Cover photos courtesy of PIF and the governments of the Marshall Islands, Palau, FSM
VOL. 9 GUAM • PALAU CNMI • FSM NO. 10
PEACE
$ 1.25
OCTOBER 2025
ZONE
Forum declares Pacific Islands a conflict-free region www. pacificislandtimes. com
Conflict-free zone 14 These Islands: Keeping off the great powers 15 Brief Chat
Baltazar Aguon: Link to ancient past 7
Insights Live from Saipan: CNMI’ s dismal tourism numbers 8 Pacific Reflections: Rules-based order: what happened to it? 9 Inside the Reef: Department of War: what does it mean? 10 Frontline Pacific: Unity at home 11
Health care Health care and politics 12
Environment More threats to the threatened 13
Around the Pacific America’ s mixed signals 18
Nauru against the tide: deep-sea mining debates 19
Tonga’ s tou’ a 20 Microwaves: In memory of Jimma Arata 21 Australia’ s risk in Papua New Guinea 22
Our Islands, Our People: Kiritimati’ s early settlers 24
Life Yes & Know: Tamuning: the hub of activity 25
Art‘ Prismatic Existences’ 26
Bookshelf
Carmen Cantor: She wanted to be an astronaut 27
�����������������������������
�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������