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Published Date: 21 February 2025

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Micronesia

Population

Source: World Bank

Key Figures of the Country, Global Position, Alliances, and 2024 Global Survival Rank (GSR)

• Global Survival Rank by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher: Yearly Rank to Compare the Global Political Power among Countries to Survive Long Conflicts and Wars at the Military Level and Economic Level Global Survival Rank by Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher https://www.rozen-bakher.com/global-survival-rank-zrb

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Key Figures of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

Source: Trading Economics

Country Profile

• Micronesia - BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15494620

• Micronesia - Britannica https://www.britannica.com/place/Micronesia-republic-Pacific-Ocean

• Micronesia - UNCTAD https://unctadstat.unctad.org/CountryProfile/GeneralProfile/en-GB/583/index.html

Leader Speech at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Research Papers and Research Books

• Suicide in Micronesia: a systematic review Ran, M. (2007). Suicide in Micronesia: a systematic review. Primary Psychiatry, 14(11), 80.

• Food security in the island Pacific: Is Micronesia as far away as ever? Connell, J. (2015). Food security in the island Pacific: Is Micronesia as far away as ever?. Regional Environmental Change, 15, 1299-1311.

• The new shape of old island cultures: A half century of social change in Micronesia Hezel, F. X. (2001). The new shape of old island cultures: A half century of social change in Micronesia. University of Hawaii Press.

• Micronesia: an overview of the Federated States of Micronesia Underwood, R., Andreas, R., Nabobo-Baba, U., Crossley, M., Hancock, G., & Sprague, T. (2014). Micronesia: an overview of the Federated States of Micronesia. Education in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, 315-334.

• Commercial coral-reef fisheries across Micronesia: a need for improving management Houk, P., Rhodes, K., Cuetos-Bueno, J., Lindfield, S., Fread, V., & McIlwain, J. L. (2012). Commercial coral-reef fisheries across Micronesia: a need for improving management. Coral reefs, 31, 13-26.

• Micronesia and the rise of China: Realpolitik meets the reef Puas, G., & D’arcy, P. (2021). Micronesia and the rise of China: Realpolitik meets the reef. The Journal of Pacific History, 56(3), 274-295.

• How people, rainfall and vegetation shape tropical island fire regimes across Micronesia Trauernicht, C., Frazier, A. G., Dendy, J., Bubb, I., Camacho‐Fejeran, C., Friday, J. B., ... & Cordell, S. (2024). How people, rainfall and vegetation shape tropical island fire regimes across Micronesia. Journal of Biogeography, 51(3), 422-438.

• Micronesia at the crossroads: A reappraisal of the Micronesian political dilemma Heine, C. (2021). Micronesia at the crossroads: A reappraisal of the Micronesian political dilemma. In Micronesia at the Crossroads. University of Hawaii Press.

• Shoreline changes in coral reef islands of the Federated States of Micronesia since the mid-20th century Sengupta, M., Ford, M. R., & Kench, P. S. (2021). Shoreline changes in coral reef islands of the Federated States of Micronesia since the mid-20th century. Geomorphology, 377, 107584.

Historical Background and Historical Perspective

• Nan'yō: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885–1945 Peattie, M. R. (1992). Nan'yō: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese in Micronesia, 1885–1945. University of Hawaii Press.

• Remaking Micronesia: Discourses over development in a Pacific territory, 1944-1982 Hanlon, D. L. (1998). Remaking Micronesia: Discourses over development in a Pacific territory, 1944-1982. University of Hawaii Press.

• Traditional law of the sea in Micronesia Johannes, R. E. (1977). Traditional law of the sea in Micronesia. University of Guam.

• The Story of Micronesia Austin, D. (2023). The Story of Micronesia. Restoring Identities: The Contextualizing Story of Christianity in Oceania, 6, 115.

• Compact colonialism: US neocolonialism in Micronesia in the early twenty-first century Hunt, E. (2024). Compact colonialism: US neocolonialism in Micronesia in the early twenty-first century. Postcolonial Studies, 27(2), 183-211.

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