As part of an effort to woo Vietnam to serve its geopolitical interests, US President Joe Biden is arriving in Hanoi on Sunday, nurturing hopes of signing a “comprehensive strategic…
IN the wake of the new trilateral military and defense alliance between the United States, Japan and South Korea in Camp David in an attempt to single out US classic…
WHILE the Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in the recently held 15th Brics leaders' summit were preoccupied with discussions on how developing countries can coordinate to…
"NAIVETÉ is doing the same thing over and over and always expecting the same result." The great physicist Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over…
IN the Asia-Pacific region context, there are three major traditional security threats or flash points to maintaining sustainable peace and security. These are: a) the Korean Peninsula; b) the Taiwan…
ON China's proposal to hold joint military exercises with the Philippines, I think the Marcos administration should give it a chance, think about it prudently and be more open-minded about…
SEN. Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution 659 urging the Marcos government to bring the 2016 arbitral award over the disputed South China Sea (SCS) and the alleged incursions…
THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China are set to hold the next round of negotiations on a Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea in…
ON July 3, 2023, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu reiterated that there would be no change to the government's plan to start releasing nuclear-contaminated water into the sea by…
Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Military cooperation between the Philippines and the US has been intensifying lately, and discussions are bubbling up about the possibility of the US-Japan-Australia-Philippines grouping becoming the new…