Photo Source: Pexels The late Professor Aileen Baviera made two important observations about Philippine foreign policy. First, she...

There have been a number of comments in the domestic discourse on the Ukraine crisis – both on social media and mainstream media – but...

Photo Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Ever since former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo made the decision to offer...

Source: VOA For small states like the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan, control of maritime features and parts of the...

In October 2021, Sultan Bolkiah of Brunei handed over the chairmanship of ASEAN to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. In 2022, ASEAN will...

Japan International Cooperation Agency and National Economic Development Authority signed a 771 yen grant aid to improve energy...

The international system has seen its fair share of temporal conditions and specific circumstances that determine the attitudes of...

Photo Source: Manila Bulletin The Philippines-United States alliance has been in place for well over seven decades. As the Philippines’...

Photo Source: Rappler The United States (US) is an important ally to the Indo-Pacific region and the oldest for the Philippines. However,...

Photo Source: The Star The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak towards the end of 2019 might be the first large-scale infectious disease that...

Photo Source: Japan Today In September 2021, Australia, the US, and the UK published a joint statement of their cooperation as AUKUS, a...

Photo Source: ASEAN Bilateral relations develop at varying paces. Some mature quickly, while others take years and even decades to...

The COVID-19 pandemic characterizes the 21st-century world experience through its interweaving effects in various sectors. It displays...

Photo Source: The Interpreter Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the historic ‘AUKUS’ trilateral security...

When Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte took office in 2016, he pledged to shift his country's foreign policy away from the United...

Photo Source: SCMP How to deal with a non-traditional human security challenge such as the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic has...

The First Filipino Boat in Amsterdam. Photo Source: GMA News 2021 is an auspicious year for the Philippines and the Netherlands as it...

Photo Source: United Nations Photo The signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco seventy-six years ago this month was a...

Photo Source: United Nations Recent events unfolded some surprises, and nations, big and small, have offered mixed reactions that make...

Since August 15, 2021, the world has been watching with bated breath as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in what appeared to be...

At a time when many of the Indo-Pacific’s key players are undergoing a recalibration of their strategic stances toward the region, in...

Photo Source: CNN A formal endorsement of the controversial Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral security...

Photo Source The recent announcement of Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS) on the formation of a new military...

Photo Source: Philippine Star The Standing Committee of the 13th National People’s Congress last 22 January 2021 adopted the Chinese...

Screen Capture from Center for Strategic and International Studies The Philippines’ defense ties with the United States is the core that...

Screen Capture: Center for Strategic and International Studies On August 30, 1951, former Philippine President Elpidio Quirino delivered...

Photo Source: Wikipedia/ABS-CBN The Philippines is the oldest United States’ (U.S.) treaty ally in Asia as the two countries signed what...

Photo Source: Wikipedia United States Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Singapore in August 2021 took place just days after the...

Photo Source: Wikipedia As COVID-19 virus spreads and turns into a global pandemic, nations raced to create a vaccine to mitigate its...

Photo Source: Aljazeera On July 30, 2021, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that President Rodrigo Duterte, after...

"Our 75th Anniversary invites us to look back at our shared history and to move together in unison towards a mature bilateral partnership"

Some Considerations

Photo Source: World Atlas A recent analysis of Middle Eastern states’ interventionist policies suggests that misguided big power...

The whole world has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year, but not all regions and countries have been hit the...

Photo Source: Inquirer Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently delivered his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) for his...

The Philippines co-founded the United Nations (UN) in 1945 with 50 other states, committed to maintaining international peace and...

Photo Source: thedefiant.net Significant challenges in the Philippines-US alliance emerged with the leadership transition in both...

Photo Source: Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative Maritime domain awareness (MDA) is where it all begins. According to American Admiral...

Photo Source: Esquiremag After months of speculations from the campaign, not to mention the transition period and the early days of Joe...

Photo Source: Reuters For many years, the U.S.-Philippines alliance has been a touchstone of American strategy in Asia and a critical...

Photo Source: CNN Philippines The new US president, Joe Biden, asserted in various forums that his foreign policy would rest on defending...

Photo Source: Sputniknews The Philippines’ defense ties with the United States is the core that drives the overall bilateral relations...

Photo Source: ABSCBN News Anniversary celebrations usually serve two purposes. The first is to commemorate the years that have been. The...

In true Duterte fashion, the Philippines once again decided to suspend the countdown to cancel the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) for...

Photo Source: US Embassy in the Philippines When President Rodrigo Duterte pledged in October 2016 to separate the Philippines from the...

Photo Source: DW Living the (Chinese) Dream In the national context, dreams are manifestations of the collective spirit and the driving...

Photo Source: Wikimedia Amicable relations between India and US trace back to the Democratic Party government spearheaded by Barack...

The East Asian region has been economically and politically secured by the United States in the post-Cold War period. The hub-and-spoke...

Photo Source: Xinhua The construction of a major 67.22-kilometer-long highway connecting Pad Township in Nyingchi city with Baibung in...

Building on an interview with Eurasia Group’s Global Macro associate Charles Dunst – a former foreign correspondent in Southeast Asia –...