Peaches Lauren Vergara, Deryk Matthew Baladjay, and Julio Amador III
Apr 7, 20228 min read
The Philippines’ Foreign Policy & National Security Ambitions for the Next Administration and Beyond
Photo Source: Pexels The late Professor Aileen Baviera made two important observations about Philippine foreign policy. First, she...
RAdm Rommel Jude G Ong (RET)
Mar 8, 20224 min read
Bhramos Anti-Ship Missile Acquisition: First Step to Credible Deterrence
Photo Source: MissileThreat China’s incursion into Philippine waters has been an operational problem for the Philippine Navy (PN), since...
Julius Yano
Mar 5, 20225 min read
The Ukraine Crisis and the ‘West Philippine Sea’: The Necessity of Self-Defense in International Law
There have been a number of comments in the domestic discourse on the Ukraine crisis – both on social media and mainstream media – but...
Antoine Roth
Mar 5, 20224 min read
Relational stability between China and Japan, its fragility, and its consequences for East Asia
Photo Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Ever since former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made the decision to offer...
Krista Wiegand
Feb 25, 20225 min read
South China Sea Disputants as Pawns in the U.S.-China Rivalry
Source: VOA For small states like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, control of maritime features and parts of the...
Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
Feb 21, 20225 min read
Food Security: An Important Issue in the 2022 Election
National and local elections will be held on May 9, 2022. During this time, Filipinos will choose candidates at various levels to replace...
Mico Galang
Feb 14, 20227 min read
Foreign policy considerations for the next Philippine president
Photo Source: ABSCBN News On May 9 the Philippines will elect its 17th President who will serve a six year-term starting on June 30....
Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco
Jan 28, 20226 min read
Why Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia?
Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash As the global population and economy grow, energy demand also increases. Southeast Asian countries...
Riko Watanabe
Jan 21, 20224 min read
Prospects for Cambodia’s chairing of ASEAN in 2022
In October 2021, Sultan Bolkiah of Brunei handed over the chairmanship of ASEAN to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. In 2022, ASEAN will...
Maria Thaemar C. Tana
Jan 10, 20225 min read
Changes and Continuities in Japan’s Peacebuilding in Mindanao
Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic Development Authority signed a 771 yen grant aid to improve energy...
Ronald Law
Jan 4, 20224 min read
Heeding the High Call for Health Security
Photo Source: Business Mirror As three seasons absurdly converge in the Philippines – emergencies and disaster, elections, the Holidays –...
Mark Angelo Locsin
Dec 16, 20214 min read
Indo-Pacific Democratic Gains? The Philippines and the Era of Strategic Competition
The international system has seen its fair share of temporal conditions and specific circumstances that determine the attitudes of...
Deryk Matthew Baladjay and Florence Principe Gamboa
Dec 10, 20216 min read
Onwards and upwards: The Philippines-US security alliance
Photo Source: Manila Bulletin The Philippines-United States alliance has been in place for well over seven decades. As the Philippines’...
Matthew Uy and Dianne Mulingtapang
Dec 6, 20216 min read
Good Cop, Bad Cop: The US-Philippine Alliance as a foreign policy priority
Photo Source: Rappler The United States (US) is an important ally to the Indo-Pacific region and the oldest for the Philippines. However,...
Fan Dai
Dec 1, 20216 min read
A Chinese Perspective on China’s Vaccine Diplomacy
Photo Source: The Star The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak towards the end of 2019 might be the first large-scale infectious disease that...