External powers drive the stake into SCS peace
By Herman Tiu Laurel The newspapers the past days carried the headline quote from President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) statement at the 17 East Asia...
Five More EDCA Military Bases, Philippine Security & Asia Peace?
WATCH THE FORUM HERE: November 12 Saturday 10 am "Pandesal Forum" with media Panelist: Mr. Ricardo SaludoStrategy Adviser & AnalystFormer Cabinet SecretaryCivil Service Commission...
Ramping Up EDCA Debate Is Hidden Agenda Behind Anti-China Rants
By Herman Tiu Laurel This writer received a call last November 2, 2022 at 5:30am from a well-known radio station seeking with urgency a phone patch interview. I had just awoken...
The South China Sea as a Zone of Peace and Prosperity: Low Politics vs. High Politics
By Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy South China Sea (SCS) is one of the most in-demand waterways in the world. Aside from the fact that it is a sensitive topic, for the most part, it is a...
The Philippine Case: Asia’s Challenges on the Path to Modernization
By Herman Tiu Laurel In the 1950s the Philippines was favored with advanced economic development from its special relationship with the United States of America, its former colonizer....
U.S. press for a Ukraine in the Taiwan-Philippines nexus
by Herman Tiu Laurel The October 27, 2022 news carried one headline, “PH, US want five more joint military facilities under EDCA, says senior Pentagon official.” The...
20th Party Congress: National and Global Peace and Prosperity
The final takeaway from the Communist Party of China (CPC) 20th National Congress is the promise of China’s achievement of its own high-quality modernization and development,...
CPC 20th National Congress: Impact on Global and Philippine Trends
WATCH THE FORUM HERE Time: Oct 24, 2022, 10:00 AM Singapore Join Zoom Meeting ID: 822 9937 8146 Herman Tiu LaurelFounder-President Phil-BRICS Strategic Studies Institute and...
China Tops 2022 Democracy Index
By Herman Tiu Laurel As I start this article, the feverish preparation in China for Communist Party of China (CPC) must be settling down as the opening of the congress itself slated for October 16,...
What the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council achieved
WHILE the alleged violations of the human rights of the Uyghur Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, China happened more than a year ago, it came to the fore once more when the United States raised it in...
Can The Powers That Be, Suppress Cong Dan’s Heroic Activism?
Asian Century By Herman Tiu Laurel Goggling the subject “Congressman Dan Fernandez ERC hearings” I found only alternative social media news sites like Maharlika TV, FB videos,...
Naivety or Subservience?
by Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy To justify the pursuance and accordingly strengthening commitments between the Philippines and the US under the MDT using the “China Threat Rhetoric”...