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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Julius Yano
- Mar 5
- 5 min
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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Antoine Roth
- Mar 5
- 4 min
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...
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Krista Wiegand
- Feb 25
- 5 min
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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Riko Watanabe
- Jan 21
- 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...
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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...
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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...
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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’...
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Matthew Uy and Dianne Mulingtapang
- Dec 6, 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,...
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Fan Dai
- Dec 1, 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...
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Satoru Nagao
- Nov 26, 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...
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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...
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Alexia Anne M. Suñaz
- Nov 11, 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...
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Bec Strating
- Nov 6, 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...
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Derek Grossman
- Nov 4, 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...
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Florence Gamboa, Deryk Baladjay & Julio Amador III
- Nov 2, 2021
- 5 min
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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J. Eduardo Malaya
- Oct 25, 2021
- 4 min
Philippines-Netherlands connections @ 70
The First Filipino Boat in Amsterdam. Photo Source: GMA News 2021 is an auspicious year for the Philippines and the Netherlands as it...
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JJ Domingo
- Oct 25, 2021
- 7 min
Idealism and strategy: the Philippines’ commitment to the rules-based international order
Photo Source: United Nations Photo The signing of the United Nations Charter in San Francisco seventy-six years ago this month was a...
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Mark Anthony Articulo
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
International law and the United Nations' role in maintaining peace amidst great power rivalry
Photo Source: United Nations Recent events unfolded some surprises, and nations, big and small, have offered mixed reactions that make...
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Monerica Arnuco
- Oct 19, 2021
- 4 min
Women in Afghanistan: Pawns then, pawns again
Since August 15, 2021, the world has been watching with bated breath as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in what appeared to be...
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