Dr. Shuster's interests center on the history, political and social change processes of the new freely associated states in Micronesia, with special emphasis on the Republic of Palau.

	2004 PALAU. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 16 (1) (forthcoming)
	2004 Elections on Guam since 1970, accepted for publication in Pacific Studies. (forthcoming)
	2004 Republic of Palau 2003, Transparency International Country Study Report, National Integrity System Pacific
	2003 Nation Building in the Republic of Palau: From U.N. Ward to U.N. Member a paper presented at the Pacific Island States Today conference sponsored by the Center for the Contemporary Pacific, The Australian National University (to be published in the conference proceedings), December 2003.
	2003 Beginnings of Elected Government in Palau, 1947-1963? a paper presented at the Pacific History Workshop, The Australian National University (to be published in the meeting proceedings) December 2003.
	2003"PALAU. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 15 (1): 166-173.
	2002 Roman Tmetuchl: A Palauan Visionary, The Roman Tmetuchl Family Trust, Koror, Palau, 2002 (a biography of 288 pages).
	2002 GUAM. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 14 (1): 188-198.
	2002 PALAU. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 14 (1): 205-212.
	2001?GUAM, Micronesian in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 13 (1): 203-211.
	2001 PALAU. In Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook, Oxford University Press, 741-761 (book chapter).
	2001 PALAU. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 13 (1): 220-224.
	2000 GUAM. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol, 12 (1): 196-204.
	2000 PALAU. Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 12(1): 217-220.