There is a difference between sounding tough and being strategically sound. Senator Kiko Pangilinan’s recent outbursts against China, particularly his responses to the Chinese Embassy, manage to miss that distinction…
The United States bombing of Venezuela and seizure of its sitting president is a naked act of aggression—illegal under international law, unconstitutional under U.S. law/constitution, and unmistakably imperial in intent.…
IN 2026, the Philippines will chair the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) under the banner “Navigating Our Future, Together.” It is an appealing slogan, but also a risky one.…
By: Bruno FalciEdited by: Nathallia Fonseca This article has been translated from Portuguese. We apologize for any unintended translation errors. International experts denounce illegal sanctions, military threats and Washington's interference in Caracas…
By Gustavo Ng This article has been translated from Spanish. We apologize for any unintended translation errors. Interview with Filipina expert Anna Malindog-Uy For more than three decades, Filipina Anna…
The South China Sea (SCS) has become the crossroads where great-power rivalry meets. China’s strategy in these waters is slow-burning, patient, disciplined, and multidimensional: economic incentives married with calibrated and…
The Philippines has become the geopolitical fulcrum or crux of the Indo-Pacific, the critical midpoint of the First Island Chain, and the unavoidable terrain on which the United States and…
An aerial drone photo taken on March 26, 2025 shows reefs in China's Huangyan Island area in the South China Sea. [Photo/Xinhua] Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi insists that her…
WHEN a retired US Air Force colonel, Ray Powell, once again used my name in his testimony before the United States Senate foreign relations committee, it was not merely predictable.…
THERE are absurd ideas, there are dangerous ideas, and then there are ideas so alarmingly reckless that one wonders if their authors have ever opened a history book or even…