https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZu4nTRr-hw Every few days or so, we see a headline about “tensions” or “clashes” in the South China Sea, with regular ship collisions resulting in China and the Philippines blaming…
The Philippines plays a frontline role in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS), particularly in counterbalancing and containing China’s rise and increasing regional influence under the country's current political regime. This…
IN the grand stagecraft of Philippine politics, where loyalty is fleeting and betrayal is currency, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s recent call for "reconciliation" with Vice President Sara Duterte and her…
NATO is reportedly preparing a multinational naval deployment to the Indo-Pacific. Framed as a show of support for the Philippines’ claims in the contested South China Sea (SCS), this move…
For decades, global development was largely defined by a North-South divide, with the Global North (industrialized Western nations) positioned as the drivers of economic and technological progress, and the Global…
WHEN Vice President Sara Duterte declared that she had no expectations of an acquittal or a guilty verdict, that for her, she already accepted whatever the verdict would be, whether…
By: Xue Lingqiao (ECNS) -- "The recent trade war launched by the U.S. is a protectionist policy, it goes against the logic of globalization and multilateralism. In the long run,…
By: Wang Gaofei https://youtu.be/U3OaVVCoGYI Recently, the International Conference on New Opportunities for Cooperation and Development along the Belt and Road and Global Trade Watch Seminar were held at Dalian Minzu…
The data from February 2025 underscore a stark downturn in the Philippines' foreign direct investment (FDI) climate. FDI net inflows plunged by 61.9 percent, dropping to US$529 million from US$1.4…
THE May 12, 2025, midterm elections in the Philippines were far from an ordinary democratic exercise; they were widely interpreted as a proxy war between two dominant political families, President…