If the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed, the impact on the Philippines would be immediate, structural, and multi-layered, even though PH is geographically far from the Gulf. The strategic…
The article headline from INQUIRER.net (February 19, 2026) quotes ICI Chair Andres Reyes declaring that the Chinese Communist Party is an “evil empire.” That phrase is not accidental. It is…
LONG before phrases like “rules-based order” and “freedom of navigation operations,” which are US strategic messaging, dominated headlines, the relationship between the Philippines and China was shaped not by rivalry but…
THE recent uproar surrounding an undisciplined Philippine Coast Guard spokesman has exposed a hard truth Manila would rather avoid: This fiasco is not about sovereignty, nor is it about the…
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…
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…
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…