‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago

The 2018 Make America Secure Appropriations Act is the latest United States federal policy which prioritises funds for defence projects at the expense of climate change adaption planning in the Marianas Archipelago. Since 2006, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has released six Environmental Impac...

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Autor principal:	Sylvia C. Frain
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2018
Materias:	Asia-Pacific Pivot climate change Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Guam media militarisation Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4424d6f4b03d4d4c998c6238ad8529402021-12-02T10:08:54Z‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago10.24135/pjr.v24i2.4071023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/4424d6f4b03d4d4c998c6238ad8529402018-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/407https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 The 2018 Make America Secure Appropriations Act is the latest United States federal policy which prioritises funds for defence projects at the expense of climate change adaption planning in the Marianas Archipelago. Since 2006, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has released six Environmental Impact Statement documents which outline construction of bombing ranges on the islands of Guam, Pågan, and Tinian. Expanding militarisation of the archipelago is supported by US-owned media through the narrative of pro-American ideologies which frames any resistance as unpatriotic. However, both non-voting US Congress representatives for Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) express concerns with how federal funds are prioritised for military projects instead of climate change adaption. Further, Indigenous Chamorro and Refaluwasch peoples of the Marianas continue to resist by creating content on alternative digital media platforms and through lawsuits supported by the National Environmental Protection Act against the DoD and Department of the Navy. This article illustrates how remaining as insular areas of the US directly dictates the lack of sovereignty the people of the Marianas have in planning for climate change. Sylvia C. FrainAsia Pacific NetworkarticleAsia-Pacific Pivotclimate changeCommonwealth of the Northern MarianasGuammediamilitarisationCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 24, Iss 2 (2018)
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topic	Asia-Pacific Pivot climate change Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Guam media militarisation Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
spellingShingle	Asia-Pacific Pivot climate change Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Guam media militarisation Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650 Sylvia C. Frain ‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago
description	The 2018 Make America Secure Appropriations Act is the latest United States federal policy which prioritises funds for defence projects at the expense of climate change adaption planning in the Marianas Archipelago. Since 2006, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has released six Environmental Impact Statement documents which outline construction of bombing ranges on the islands of Guam, Pågan, and Tinian. Expanding militarisation of the archipelago is supported by US-owned media through the narrative of pro-American ideologies which frames any resistance as unpatriotic. However, both non-voting US Congress representatives for Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) express concerns with how federal funds are prioritised for military projects instead of climate change adaption. Further, Indigenous Chamorro and Refaluwasch peoples of the Marianas continue to resist by creating content on alternative digital media platforms and through lawsuits supported by the National Environmental Protection Act against the DoD and Department of the Navy. This article illustrates how remaining as insular areas of the US directly dictates the lack of sovereignty the people of the Marianas have in planning for climate change.
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title	‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago
title_short	‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago
title_full	‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago
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‘Make America Secure’: Media, militarism, and climate change in the Marianas Archipelago

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