Calling a foreign embassy a “guest” is not just SLOPPY language; it is a fundamental misunderstanding of international law, and coming from a sitting senator of the Republic, it is…
https://youtu.be/-nnQL9npR8s I had the privilege to be one of the panelists in yesterday’s (01/23/2026) edition of CGTN’s The Point with Liu Xin. The main theme of the discussion will be:…
High-quality development, cooperation fueling global momentum, experts say By YANG RAN in Beijing and PRIME SARMIENTO in Hong Kong The venue of the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting…
When Barack Obama stood in Mexico City in 2013 and declared the Monroe Doctrine “obsolete,” many in Latin America heard a long-delayed acknowledgment that the hemisphere was no longer Washington’s…
https://youtu.be/pbxbICP3Mi4 Some friends have asked me for my thoughts on the speech delivered by Vice Premier He Lifeng at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, which…
https://youtu.be/TrmSzD2dqRc China continued to maintain its position as ASEAN's largest trading partner in 2025. In October of that year, China and ASEAN signed the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) 3.0…
The United States’ brazen military operation in Caracas, culminating in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and their forcible transportation to the U.S. to face federal…
BY standing too close to force, the Philippines risks becoming a battlefield of another country’s anxieties rather than a beneficiary of its protection. The international system is entering what many…
You know what, folks, what you are looking at in those photographs (see below) is NOT “academic freedom.” It is state-endorsed propaganda theater performed on a university campus in uniform…
https://youtu.be/TTq9lXmvr7E?t=1151 Sharing my interview with two seasoned media practitioners in the Philippines, my good friends, Paul Gutierrez, former Executive Director of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security, and also…