By Li Menghan This photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a view at dusk in the South China Sea. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Global experts discussed the historical and legal…
At present, I am immersed in my Ph.D. dissertation in Economics at Peking University, with a focus on international trade, naturally encompassing aspects of bilateral trade. While my main study…
BY any measure, Asia’s two continental giants are edging out of a five/four-year freeze. For Washington’s Indo-Pacific playbook, that’s the stuff of bad dreams. For five years after the fatal…
The Philippine government is celebrating the news that it has signed off with Washington on a whopping 500 joint military activities for 2026. Five hundred! If this sounds like an…
Clever branding for a risky bet? Marcos Jr.'s statement in his interview with the Indian news website Firstpost in New Delhi is not only naïve, but it borders on strategic…
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met on August 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, the first time a Russian leader has been invited for talks on U.S. soil…
WASHINGTON’s decision to slap a combined 50-percent tariff on Indian imports, half implemented on Aug. 7, 2025, and the rest due on Aug. 27, has forced New Delhi to rethink…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has finally said it: the Philippines, under his watch, will not remain neutral if the China–Taiwan conflict turns hot. In a Firstpost interview, he declared there’s…
https://youtu.be/Rl9coJajFzM Watch this Interview with SMNI Nightline News last August 13, 2025 (Wednesday), where we discuss the question, "Is Marcos Jr. turning the Philippines into a U.S. frontline pawn in…
Marcos Jr.’s retort, “Playing with fire? I was just stating facts,” might sound defiant on the surface, but in the realm of international law, Philippine foreign policy commitments, and even…