Washington’s rancorous and “chaotic” politics of the past week have reverberated far and wide. Bipartisan legislation addressing the pressing domestic issue of the southern border crisis, bundled together with foreign policy flashpoints of funding for Ukraine and Israel, was torpedoed by Republicans who had previously been clamoring for a border resolution. Also bundled in the Border Bill was legislation finalizing the lengthy and complicated renewal of the 20-year Compacts of Free Association (COFAs) between the U.S. and the Republic…
