Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco
Why Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia?
Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash As the global population and economy grow, energy demand also increases. Southeast Asia alone would...
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Riko Watanabe
- 6 days ago
- 4 min
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
- 5 min
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 3
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 4 min
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, 2021
- 6 min
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 5, 2021
- 6 min
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
- Nov 30, 2021
- 6 min
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...
Satoru Nagao
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
Japan should lease nuclear submarines from the US
Photo Source: Japan Today In September 2021, Australia, the US, and the UK published a joint statement of their cooperation as AUKUS, a...
Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
- Nov 22, 2021
- 6 min
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...
Amador Research
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Navigating the Indo-Pacific: The EU Perspective
The #EuropeanUnion has increased engagement in the #IndoPacific which aims at maintaining a free and open region for all while building...
Jules Gerard Arceo
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
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...
Alexia Anne M. Suñaz
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
International Relations Perspectives on Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Response
The COVID-19 pandemic characterizes the 21st-century world experience through its interweaving effects in various sectors. It displays...
Bec Strating
- Nov 5, 2021
- 5 min
AUKUS and Australia’s security policy
Photo Source: The Interpreter Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the historic ‘AUKUS’ trilateral security...
Derek Grossman
- Nov 3, 2021
- 5 min
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...