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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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’...
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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,...
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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...
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Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
Nov 22, 20216 min read
Leveraging Germany’s turn to the Indo-Pacific
Photo Source: Japan Times Germany has proved to be quite an indispensable nation today. Despite the challenges posed by reunification in...
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Jules Gerard Arceo
Nov 17, 20214 min read
India’s turn to the East: An opportunity for a broader India-Philippines Security Cooperation
Photo Source: ASEAN Bilateral relations develop at varying paces. Some mature quickly, while others take years and even decades to...
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Derek Grossman
Nov 4, 20215 min read
Duterte's Dalliance with China Is Over
When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016, he pledged to shift his country's foreign policy away from the United...
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Florence Gamboa, Deryk Baladjay & Julio Amador III
Nov 2, 20215 min read
Securitizing COVID-19
Photo Source: SCMP How to deal with a non-traditional human security challenge such as the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
Oct 7, 20215 min read
High-level visits underpin renewed PH-US alliance ties post VFA restoration
Photo Source: CNN A formal endorsement of the controversial Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral security...
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Lara Beatrice Jomalesa
Sep 24, 20216 min read
The New China Coast Guard Law: Implications to PH Maritime Security
Photo Source: Philippine Star The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress last 22 January 2021 adopted the Chinese...
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Gen Emmanuel T. Bautista AFP RET
Sep 21, 20214 min read
US-Philippines Alliance: Strategic and Operational Value of the Alliance and its Future
Screen Capture from Center for Strategic and International Studies The Philippines’ defense ties with the United States is the core that...
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PH Secretary of National Defense Delfin N. Lorenzana
Sep 16, 20219 min read
Commentary on the 70th Anniversary of the PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty
Screen Capture: Center for Strategic and International Studies On August 30, 1951, former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino delivered...
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Renato Cruz De Castro
Sep 13, 20215 min read
Whitsun Reef Stand-Off: A Test Case for the Applicability of the 1951 PH-US MDT in the 21st Century?
Photo Source: Wikipedia/ABS-CBN The Philippines is the oldest United States’ (U.S.) treaty ally in Asia as the two countries signed what...
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Wen-Qing Ngoei
Sep 9, 20214 min read
After the Fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian Relations
Photo Source: Wikipedia United States Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Singapore in August 2021 took place just days after the...
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Carol Largo
Sep 6, 20215 min read
The Philippines: A Target of Vaccine Diplomacy
Photo Source: Wikipedia As COVID-19 virus spreads and turns into a global pandemic, nations raced to create a vaccine to mitigate its...
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Mico Galang
Sep 3, 20215 min read
The Implications of Afghanistan for the Philippines-U.S. Alliance
Photo Source: Aljazeera On July 30, 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that President Rodrigo Duterte, after...
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