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From a broader perspective, the tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) are only secondarily due to our maritime territorial disputes with China. These tensions are primarily an offshoot of the worsening great power rivalry between the United States and China. That rivalry (…)
• The Chinese warships and maritime militia boats spotted around Mischief Reef are near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal
• Manila says Beijing’s naval presence would not deter the Philippine military from supporting its personnel patrolling the South China Sea
Chinese structures (…)
Expert warns of ‘significant escalatory potential’ after Chinese coastguards used water cannon on Philippine boat
A territorial dispute between China and the US-aligned Philippines is at increasingly high risk of escalating into a conflict involving the two superpowers, analysts have said, (…)
The one thing I am eager to see in President Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address (SONA) [July 24] is how he will tackle the momentous shift in the country’s foreign policy that has happened during the first year of his presidency. For one cannot think of any policy turn in the past year (…)
Prominent Chinese scholar Yan Xuetong once described his country’s economic statecraft as “allow[ing] these smaller [neighboring] countries to benefit economically from their relationships with China … We let them benefit economically, and in return, we get good political relationships.” The (…)
Earlier this month, President Marcos Jr. met America’s most senior diplomat in Malacañang. For US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, widely known as US President Joseph Biden’s alter ego, it was his first official visit to Manila. Make no mistake: This was no routine exchange of pleasantries. (…)
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” warned philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. “With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.”
This Emersonian principle is especially poignant in matters of geopolitics, when the impact of intractable uncertainty demands constant (…)
‘We don’t have these many tools in the EU to protect human rights and democracy, and maybe our trade policy is the strongest one,’ says EU Parliament Member Hannah Neumann
European lawmakers on Thursday, September 17, recommended to revoke the Philippines’ Generalized Scheme of Preferences (…)
• President Rodrigo Duterte in February cancelled the Visiting Forces Agreement, which allows US troops to operate in the country on a rotational basis
• Analysts said the sudden U-turn may have been influenced by recent Chinese moves in the South China Sea and the coronavirus pandemic (…)
Amid the worsening COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the US government is brokering a $2 billion arms sale to Rodrigo Duterte’s repressive regime. The sale would only pour further fuel on an already dire human rights catastrophe.
On April 30, the US State Department announced two pending (…)
The Philippines ended the Visiting Forces Agreement, which allows the US military to operate within the Philippines and grants access to the South China Sea. Is President Duterte doing the right thing for the wrong reasons? Joining me now to analyze the heightened tensions between the US and the (…)
’Here goes that knee-jerk anti-Americanism again, some folks may say. But really, entering these two agreements were two of the most irresponsible foreign policy decisions made by our heads of state,’ writes Walden Bello
President Rodrigo Duterte is, in my view, a mass murderer, but I would (…)
Israeli leader welcomes first Philippine president to the country as critics slam Duterte’s human rights record.
The Philippine president praised Israel’s prime minister for his “critical help” in ending a five-month siege by rebels in a southern city as they held talks in Jerusalem amid (…)
The exercises were held in mock urban settings to train special forces in battling terrorists in cities following last year’s Islamic State-linked siege
US and Philippine forces have begun their largest annual military exercises under President Rodrigo Duterte, who wanted to scale down (…)
Richard Heydarian writes that the fate of the Philippine president’s post-America foreign policy likely is to be decided by what happens in the contested South China Sea.
For almost two years, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has painstakingly moved to normalise bilateral relations with (…)
Rodrigo Roa “Rody” Duterte or DU30, as he’s fondly called by his supporters and followers, was elected 16th President of the Philippines last year and is now also the first ever elected president from Southern Philippines. His fixation on domestic policies such as the war on drugs and the (…)
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine and American troops on Monday formally opened their annual military exercise which many observers say is a “downgrade” of its past iterations.
Present during the ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo Monday morning were Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, US Ambassador to (…)
Despite thousands of deaths in controversial war on drugs, US president praised his counterpart in Manila, a spokesman says.
Donald Trump has told Rodrigo Duterte that he is “doing a great job” despite knowing about the Philippine president’s controversial war on drugs.
The US president’s (…)
While Duterte tossed insults at former U.S. President Obama, the leader criticized for his bloody drug war has praised Trump.
U.S. President Donald Trump has invited his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterto to the White House, in a nod to warming relations between the two countries.
While (…)
Mr Trump has been criticised by human rights groups for extending the invitation in the first place.
Mr Duterte, who has pivoted his country away from its strong alliance with the United States in favour of an increased focus on ties with China and Russia, said that his busy schedule would (…)
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