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ISPI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization producing practitioner-led research on public safety, emergency preparedness, and security policy for island and coastal-state communities worldwide — and for any government, institution, or corporation that needs it. Based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
ISPI produces white papers, policy briefs, assessment reports, and commentary across seven island-specific policy domains — practitioner-grounded research available to any government, institution, or corporation that needs it.
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PM Wale committed to reviewing the 2022 China security agreement. The conditions under which the review will occur — limited analytical capacity, Chinese diplomatic engagement from day one — reveal the governance gap ISPI documents.
Read analysis →Secretary General Baron Waqa opened the Pacific Fusion Centre National Security Coordinators Roundtable June 10 as the Pacific faces a documented polycrisis. Is the roundtable architecture designed for simultaneous compound threats?
Read analysis →Australia and New Zealand's June 8 ANZAC 2035 joint statement formally embedded Pacific supply chain resilience within their bilateral defense cooperation framework — validating the supply chain singularity thesis ISPI documented before the Biketawa Declaration.
Read analysis →Jamaica recorded its lowest monthly homicide figure since 2001 in January 2026 — a 55% reduction. Three years of sustained decline. This is the most significant documented community policing outcome in Caribbean island governance in recent history.
Read analysis →Today is the FEMA deadline for March 2026 Kona Low disaster assistance. The 60-day application window is a continental assumption. Island contractor shortages mean damage documentation is incomplete for many affected properties at day 60.
Read analysis →U.S., Australia, FSM, Palau, and Marshall Islands completed Operation Irensia 2026 on June 7. The exercise is valuable. What it cannot address is the territory-to-enforcement ratio and insider facilitation pathway that define Pacific maritime security.
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