free association
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Palau receives significant US funding under a compact of free association and its citizens have the right to work and study there visa-free.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
A point of comparison is the Marshall Islands, which recently renewed a so-called compact of free association with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper, a director at the Guam-based Pacific Center for Island Security think tank, supports independence or free association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
UN rights chief Volker Turk "renews his call on security forces to desist from unnecessary force and to uphold the rights to free association and peaceful assembly," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025
His theory was that the problems of many troubled patients rested in forgotten psychic traumas, and through free association and the interpretation of dreams the key to the problems could be unlocked.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
