https://ispiglobal.com Practitioner-led research and policy analysis dedicated exclusively to public safety and security policy for island and coastal communities worldwide. Published from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. en-us Copyright 2026 Island Security Policy Institute. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) 22 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/og-image.jpg https://ispiglobal.com https://ispiglobal.com/blog/australia-nz-anzac-2035-pacific-supply-chain-energy-security.html Australia and New Zealand's June 8 ANZAC 2035 joint statement explicitly identified Pacific supply chain resilience and energy security as defense cooperation priorities. This is institutional validation of the supply chain singularity framework ISPI documented before the Biketawa Declaration invoca... 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/australia-nz-anzac-2035-pacific-supply-chain-energy-security.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hawaii-kona-low-fema-deadline-island-disaster-recovery-gap.html Today is the deadline for FEMA disaster assistance applications from the March 2026 Kona Low weather emergency. The deadline itself reveals the structural problem ISPI has documented since the Lahaina wildfire: FEMA's continental recovery timeline assumptions do not match island disaster recovery co... 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hawaii-kona-low-fema-deadline-island-disaster-recovery-gap.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/jamaica-homicide-reduction-2026-island-community-policing-model.html Jamaica recorded a 55% homicide reduction in January 2026 — the lowest monthly figure since records began in 2001. This is the most significant law enforcement outcome in Caribbean island community policing in decades. It is also the evidence base for what ISPI's WP-07 documents as the island commun... 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/jamaica-homicide-reduction-2026-island-community-policing-model.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/operation-irensia-2026-pacific-maritime-security-gap.html The U.S. Coast Guard, Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and Marshall Islands completed Operation Irensia 2026 on June 7. The exercise is valuable. What it cannot address is the structural condition that makes Pacific maritime security exercises insufficient by design.... 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/operation-irensia-2026-pacific-maritime-security-gap.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-forum-security-coordinators-roundtable-june-2026.html Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa opened the Pacific Fusion Centre National Security Coordinators Roundtable on June 10. The meeting occurs as the Pacific faces simultaneous threats across drug trafficking, supply chain disruption, and geopolitical pressure. The governance ... 14 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-forum-security-coordinators-roundtable-june-2026.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/australia-vanuatu-nakamal-agreement-pacific-security-architecture.html Australia signed its first comprehensive bilateral agreement with Vanuatu on July 1 2026 — the Nakamal Agreement — while finalizing a security pact with Fi... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/australia-vanuatu-nakamal-agreement-pacific-security-architecture.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/china-missile-test-tuvalu-pacific-island-security-ocean-of-peace.html China fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean near Tuvalu on July 6 2026. Pacific nations condemned it. The Pacific Islands Forum ... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/china-missile-test-tuvalu-pacific-island-security-ocean-of-peace.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/cnmi-chinese-tourist-vetting-dhs-island-border-security-2026.html Federal authorities are strengthening vetting of Chinese tourists seeking to enter the Northern Mariana Islands under the visa waiver program, creating a n... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/cnmi-chinese-tourist-vetting-dhs-island-border-security-2026.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/fiji-port-security-inside-threat-pacific-drug-trafficking-august-2026.html The Fiji Sun reported August 2026 that Fiji port security faces an inside threat — the exact vulnerability ISPI documented in WP-02 and in the June 2026 Pa... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/fiji-port-security-inside-threat-pacific-drug-trafficking-august-2026.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hpd-chief-lazar-drone-program-ai-governance-hawaii-public-safety.html New HPD Chief David Lazar announced July 16 that HPD will launch a drone program sending unmanned aircraft to potential crime scenes before officers arrive... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hpd-chief-lazar-drone-program-ai-governance-hawaii-public-safety.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hr-9508-pacific-islands-liaison-initiative-drug-trafficking-insider-threat.html Hawaii Congressman Ed Case and Guam Delegate James Moylan introduced HR 9508 to establish the Pacific Islands Liaison Initiative in statute at DHS/HSI to c... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hr-9508-pacific-islands-liaison-initiative-drug-trafficking-insider-threat.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hurricane-lala-hawaii-island-emergency-management-gap-2026.html Hurricane Lala made direct landfall on Hawaiʻi Island on August 15 2026, damaging or destroying more than 100 homes, knocking three hospitals onto generato... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/hurricane-lala-hawaii-island-emergency-management-gap-2026.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/rimpac-2026-hawaii-pearl-harbor-island-maritime-security.html RIMPAC 2026 runs June 24 through July 31 with 30-plus nations operating from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The exercise is the largest international mari... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/rimpac-2026-hawaii-pearl-harbor-island-maritime-security.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-china-security-deal-nda-governance-transparency.html Solomon Islands PM Wale revealed July 2 that he cannot release details of the 2022 China security agreement because of a non-disclosure clause — even as he... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-china-security-deal-nda-governance-transparency.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pacific-regional-security-treaty-pif-palau-summit-2026.html Solomon Islands PM Wale as PIF Chair formally proposed a Pacific-wide regional security treaty at the Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting in Suva August 7-8. F... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pacific-regional-security-treaty-pif-palau-summit-2026.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pm-wale-china-security-review-governance-capacity.html On June 3, 2026, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale announced his government will review the 2022 China security agreement. Before his election, Wale called the agreement counterproductive. The review announcement is necessary. But the conditions under which the review will occur reveal the... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pm-wale-china-security-review-governance-capacity.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/tuvalu-first-national-security-policy-2026-sids-governance-capacity.html Tuvalu moved toward adopting its first-ever National Security Policy in July 2026, bringing together government officials and key stakeholders. The timing ... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/tuvalu-first-national-security-policy-2026-sids-governance-capacity.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/typhoon-bavi-cnmi-island-warning-system-emergency-management-gap.html Typhoon Bavi is approaching the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as of July 3 2026. The storm documents the structural warning system gap ISPI ... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/typhoon-bavi-cnmi-island-warning-system-emergency-management-gap.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/vanuatu-border-security-summit-july-2026-pacific-drug-trafficking.html Vanuatu is holding its first-ever National Border Security Summit July 7-8 in Port Vila, bringing together all border agencies, government ministries, prov... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/vanuatu-border-security-summit-july-2026-pacific-drug-trafficking.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/waipio-valley-road-24th-emergency-declaration-island-infrastructure-policy-failure.html Hawaii County Mayor Kimo Alameda issued the 24th emergency declaration extension for Waipiō Valley Road on July 1 2026. The road has been under emergency c... 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/waipio-valley-road-24th-emergency-declaration-island-infrastructure-policy-failure.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/honolulu-new-police-chief-david-lazar-island-law-enforcement.html On May 20, 2026, the Honolulu Police Commission selected David Lazar — retired San Francisco Assistant Chief — as Honolulu's next police chief. The first outside chief in 90 years arrives into a department with 448 vacancies. ISPI's island law enforcement research is the briefing he needs.... 30 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/honolulu-new-police-chief-david-lazar-island-law-enforcement.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-biketawa-declaration-supply-chain-energy-crisis-island-resilience.html Pacific Islands Forum Leaders invoked the Biketawa Declaration on May 11, 2026 to coordinate a regional response to the energy crisis linked to Middle East conflict. This is supply chain singularity in action — exactly what ISPI's research documented months ago.... 30 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-biketawa-declaration-supply-chain-energy-crisis-island-resilience.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-drug-trafficking-insider-threat-island-law-enforcement.html 17 tonnes of illicit drugs seized in the Pacific in 2026 — more than triple the 4.6 tonnes seized in all of 2025. New Zealand Customs documented insider threats within Pacific border agencies. ISPI examines the island-specific insider threat conditions driving this crisis.... 30 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-drug-trafficking-insider-threat-island-law-enforcement.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pm-wale-china-security-agreement-democratic-resilience.html Matthew Wale was elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands on May 15, 2026, replacing Jeremiah Manele via vote of no confidence. Wale once called the 2022 China security agreement counterproductive. The Chinese Ambassador visited him the next day. The agreement remains in force.... 30 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-pm-wale-china-security-agreement-democratic-resilience.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/philippines-2026-supply-chain-singularity-real-time.html When the Philippines declared a national energy emergency in March 2026 — the first country to do so following the Iran war — it became the most documented real-time case of island supply chain singularity in modern history. ISPI's analysis of what happened and what it means for every island nation.... 24 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/philippines-2026-supply-chain-singularity-real-time.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/sri-lanka-cyclone-ditwah-island-emergency-management.html Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka in November 2025, affecting approximately 2 million people and triggering a state of emergency that remained active through May 2026. ISPI's analysis of what the response revealed about island emergency management framework gaps — and what should replace the framework... 23 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/sri-lanka-cyclone-ditwah-island-emergency-management.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/papua-new-guinea-police-crisis-not-payroll-error.html The January 2024 PNG police riot was triggered by a 50% wage reduction — described as a computer error. ISPI's analysis argues the cause was structural: a law enforcement workforce operating under the same compensation-cost-of-living framework gaps documented across island police forces worldwide. T... 22 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/papua-new-guinea-police-crisis-not-payroll-error.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/jamaica-40-percent-homicide-reduction-island-community-policing.html Jamaica recorded its lowest homicide rate in over three decades in 2025 — a 43% reduction built on sustained investment in community policing. ISPI's analysis of what worked, why states of emergency alone cannot sustain gains, and what the evidence says about island-specific community policing model... 21 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/jamaica-40-percent-homicide-reduction-island-community-policing.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-china-security-agreement-governance-research.html Three years after the Solomon Islands-China security agreement was signed, Chinese police are on their fifth rotation in Honiara — 30 personnel. ISPI's governance research examines the institutional capacity failure that made the agreement possible and what it tells us about democratic resilience in... 20 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/solomon-islands-china-security-agreement-governance-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/military-nuclear-security-critical-infrastructure-island-communities.html Operational experience in U.S. Air Force nuclear asset protection produces specific insights about critical infrastructure security in resource-constrained, geographically isolated environments — insights directly applicable to island communities worldwide.... 19 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/military-nuclear-security-critical-infrastructure-island-communities.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/campus-safety-director-clery-act-island-institutions.html Direct experience administering Clery Act compliance, Title IX coordination, and campus security on an island campus reveals gaps in federal guidance that no mainland institution faces.... 18 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/campus-safety-director-clery-act-island-institutions.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/fema-ics-nims-island-emergency-management-gaps.html ISPI's founder holds a complete FEMA ICS/NIMS certification suite. That training is what revealed precisely where FEMA's frameworks fail in island community contexts — and what needs to replace them.... 17 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/fema-ics-nims-island-emergency-management-gaps.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/diplomatic-security-island-operations-lessons.html Operational experience protecting U.S. Embassy personnel in active conflict environments produces specific insights about institutional security in resource-constrained, geographically isolated environments — insights directly applicable to island institutions worldwide.... 16 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/diplomatic-security-island-operations-lessons.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/behavioral-threat-assessment-island-communities-btam.html Standard BTAM frameworks were calibrated on North American continental data. In Pacific Island, Native Hawaiian, and small island community contexts, miscalibration produces systematic errors that can be corrected — with the right framework.... 15 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/behavioral-threat-assessment-island-communities-btam.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/practitioner-led-research-vs-academic-research-public-safety.html Island public safety policy fails when it is built on academic research that has never been stress-tested against island operational realities. ISPI's practitioner-led model changes that.... 14 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/practitioner-led-research-vs-academic-research-public-safety.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-youth-justice-research.html Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth have been overrepresented in Hawaii's juvenile justice system for decades. The evidence-based alternatives exist. ISPI's research examines why they are not being implemented.... 13 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-youth-justice-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/supply-chain-singularity-island-communities-worldwide.html Island communities worldwide share a supply chain vulnerability that no existing federal or international framework was designed to address. ISPI coined the term supply chain singularity — and built the framework to solve it.... 12 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/supply-chain-singularity-island-communities-worldwide.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-island-governance-democratic-resilience-research.html Pacific Island governments are making security decisions with consequences they cannot fully evaluate. ISPI's democratic resilience research identifies why — and what independent policy research does to close the gap.... 11 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-island-governance-democratic-resilience-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/campus-safety-geographically-isolated-institutions-worldwide.html From rural Hawaii schools to Pacific Island territory universities to remote Mediterranean campuses, geographically isolated institutions worldwide face an active threat response gap that standard protocols cannot close.... 10 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/campus-safety-geographically-isolated-institutions-worldwide.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/island-law-enforcement-workforce-crisis-worldwide.html From HPD to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service to Fiji's police force, island law enforcement agencies worldwide share the same structural workforce problem. ISPI's research identifies what actually works.... 09 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/island-law-enforcement-workforce-crisis-worldwide.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/island-emergency-management-worldwide-framework-failure.html From Lahaina to Vanuatu to the Caribbean, the same emergency management framework failure recurs. ISPI's Island Emergency Management Framework explains why — and what replaces it.... 08 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/island-emergency-management-worldwide-framework-failure.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/insider-threat-island-communities-worldwide.html Island communities worldwide share three structural conditions that make standard insider threat frameworks fail — social density, workforce irreplaceability, and the social cost barrier. ISPI's research addresses all three.... 07 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/insider-threat-island-communities-worldwide.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/state-local-government-island-security-research.html Hawaii state agencies, Pacific territory governments, and island county administrations commission ISPI for island-specific policy research that mainland academic institutions cannot provide.... 06 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/state-local-government-island-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/international-organizations-island-security-research.html UN bodies, Commonwealth programs, CARICOM, and allied government organizations commission ISPI for small-state and island-community security policy research that no academic institution can provide.... 05 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/international-organizations-island-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/foundations-commission-island-security-research.html Foundations funding public safety, community resilience, and indigenous community programs commission ISPI to build the evidence base that makes their grantmaking more effective.... 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/foundations-commission-island-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/corporations-island-operations-security-research.html Hotels, energy companies, ports, and corporations operating in island environments face security and ESG risks that continental frameworks systematically underestimate. ISPI provides the research they need.... 03 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/corporations-island-operations-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-island-governments-commission-security-research.html Pacific Island nation governments face security policy challenges no continental research institution was built to address. Independent practitioner-led research from ISPI fills the gap.... 02 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/pacific-island-governments-commission-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy https://ispiglobal.com/blog/federal-agencies-island-security-research.html DHS, DOJ, and FEMA program officers commission ISPI for island and coastal-state research because standard federal frameworks were built for continental communities. Here is what that gap costs.... 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -1000 https://ispiglobal.com/blog/federal-agencies-island-security-research.html ISPIGlobal@proton.me (Warren Pulley) Island Security Policy