AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoSecurity & Emergency Response: The Republic of the Marshall Islands has officially joined the U.S. Department of Defense State Partnership Program, signing a tri-lateral agreement with the Guam and Nebraska National Guards focused on emergency management, cyber defense, and security cooperation. Pacific Forum Watch: As the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting heads to Palau (about 2,000 attendees), leaders are lining up on climate resilience, ocean stewardship, energy security, and regional unity amid rising geopolitics and transnational crime. Taiwan in the Pacific: The U.S. is backing Taiwan’s continued Pacific Islands Forum participation, while Taiwan’s foreign minister highlights cooperation projects at Palau’s Pacific Prosperity Exhibit. Marshall Islands Finance Tech: Virtu, Tradeweb, and M1X completed an onchain sovereign bond repo using a Marshall Islands-issued digital bond, settling fully on the Canton Network in under 10 minutes. Shipping & Emissions: A Marshall Islands-based maritime policy center in Majuro is pushing back on Japan’s IMO shipping decarbonisation proposal, calling targets too weak and offsets too flexible. Maritime Risk in the Gulf: Iran-linked actions and blacklists continue to disrupt tanker movements near the Strait of Hormuz, with Marshall Islands-flagged vessels appearing on related lists.
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