With the trade war between the United States and China creating an ever more hostile global environment, there is an unspoken pressure on The Philippines to choose a side. Due to historic ties between The Philippines and the United States, there is naturally a large segment of the old ruling […]
Donald Trump has not made the United States less safe and he has not made the United States less wealthy. The fact is that under Trump there have not been any international terrorist incidents on US soil. Simultaneous to this, while the US economy has since 1971 been dangerously predicated […]
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a provocative post on Facebook last week when he eulogized a former Thai leader for “opposing Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia and the Cambodian government that replaced the Khmer Rouge” and therefore “preventing the military invasion and regime change from being legitimised”, with this […]
The US’ recently released “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report” envisages India playing a key role in this vast transregional space in order to “contain” China, while Pakistan is conspicuously absent from the text despite being one of the few nuclear weapons states, among the most populous countries in the world, and the […]
Under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte, The Philippines has experienced an upturn in its economic fortunes with both Asian and western investors looking at the potential of a consistently growing ASEAN economy that is both ideally located as well as being home to a young widely English speaking population […]
Just over twenty-four hours ago, a sixteen year old girl in Lapu-Lapu City in The Philippines was raped, murdered and disfigured by three men on the notorious narcotic known as shabu. The girl’s head had been skinned alive, leaving only bone and other entrails. The barbarity of this crime against […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken at a lengthy press conference during the Two Sessions. Speaking for around two hours, Wang outlined China’s goals to enhance cooperation with multiple partners in a spirit that combines issue-by-issue problem solving with the material benefits of Belt and Road […]
Too often, the political discourse in The Philippines is framed around support of or opposition to individuals, rather than support of or opposition to ideas. Because of this, any genuine debate about reforming the country’s political system must begin from a point of introspection regarding how one feels about the […]
Soros invokes a far right false dichotomy Controversial currency speculator George Soros has authored an article stating that the European Union (EU) is on the verge of collapse and even went so far as to compare what is happening in Europe to what happened in the Soviet Union in 1991. […]
Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, the South Korean company that had operated shipbuilding facilities at Subic Bay, has filed for bankruptcy and is preparing to liquidate its Subic assets. This has set the stage for what should be an open, transparent and competitive bidding war to see which company will […]