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.…
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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…
Why Manila’s chairmanship could make—or break—its regional credibility. The Philippines’ upcoming ASEAN chairmanship in 2026 will be one of the country’s most consequential leadership tests in recent memory. After Laos…
WHEN great powers squabble, small states pay the price. And in today’s Asia, the spat is no longer a polite diplomatic dance. It’s an increasingly public, sharp-edged confrontation between Japan…
1. Article XI, Section 1 — Public Office Is a Public Trust: “Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the…
ASEAN today finds itself in an uncomfortable but unavoidable position: seated squarely at the fault line of U.S.–China rivalry. The question often asked — Is ASEAN being forced to choose…
https://youtu.be/YH1UKFS5gqo Hundreds of thousands gathered on Sunday at the start of a three-day demonstration organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital, Manila, to demand accountability over a corruption…
Every president of the Republic is held to the highest standards of probity and integrity—not by whim, not by politics, but by constitutional design. He alone, by his lonesome and…
IN a country accustomed to corruption scandals, political acrobatics and a steady diet of “latest controversies,” it takes something massive — seismic, even — to shock the public conscience. But…