Chuuk’s decision to delay a secession vote is a significant victory for America’s diplomatic, economic, and security competition with China in the Pacific Islands.

Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands are the United States ... of recognizing Taiwan instead. Chuuk’s decision to delay a secession vote is ...

However, one of the largest collections of islands in the world is the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM ... states - those of Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap. They lie northeast of Indonesia ...