Press Releases

Guam and the FY 2026 NDAA: Updated Background and Statements
December 10, 2025

PCIS celebrates the selection of co-Founded and Board Director, Dr. Kenneth Gofigan Kuper, as Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader’s program.
September 25, 2025

 

Guam and the FY 2026 NDAA: Backgrounder and Statements
September 16, 2025

 

PCIS on JRM’s housing RFP: “If the military can’t fund on-base housing for its personnel, it needs to rethink the scale of its mission in Guam.”
September 14, 2025



PCIS Comments on the MDA’s Proposed Enhanced Air and Missile Defense System for Guam
January 7, 2025



The Pacific Center for Island Security (PCIS), based in Guam, has been awarded a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
October 15, 2024



PCIS releases technical responses to two separate U.S. military environmental proposed actions.
August 1, 2024



PCIS supports Acting Governor Tenorio’s request for a 60-day extension in the comment period for the MDA’s Guam Test Plan
June 10, 2024



Announcement of the “Guam Flight Test” in Context
June 3, 2024



Claims about the effectiveness of the U.S. military’s proposed “missile defense” plans for Guam should be treated with skepticism.
February 4, 2024



Pacific Center for Island Security Submits Scoping Questions and Comments

August 17, 2023



Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) and The Pacific Center for Island Security (PCIS) announce partnership.
February 6, 2023



Pentagon Report Raises Questions about the Capabilities of “Missile Defense” and the Architecture of Plans for “360-degree defense of Guam”
January 23, 2023