Peter Wallace Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:08 AM | Thursday, June 4th, 2015 The biggest threat today is not the failu
Read MorePiling Sand in a Disputed Sea, China Literally Gains Ground By DAVID E. SANGER and RICK GLADSTONEAPRIL 8, 2015 A satellite
Read MoreRegional News Manila Ownership of the islands, seabed resources and navigation rights in the South China Sea is now very much on the international
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III will ask US President Barack Obama for fighter jets when they meet, probably in April next year. M
Read MoreRegional News China has become the largest trading partner with most of the countries in the region The last time the remote Australian city of Da
Read MoreRegional News Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, held talks with Barack Obama, US president, on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional summit which
Read MoreRegional News NUSA DUA, Indonesia—As U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Indonesia for a series of summits, Southeast Asia is hoping the U.S. wi
Read MoreMANILA—U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the U.S. wants to see a peaceful resolution of the territorial dispute in the South Ch
Read MorePALAWAN, Philippines — The rhetorical missiles fired by a state-owned Chinese newspaper late last month landed squarely on the shores of this wester
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The United States will provide a second warship to the ill-equipped Philippine military as it confronts China in increasingly
Read MoreUS PRESIDENT Barack Obama has invited President Aquino to a state visit early next year, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. C
Read MoreMANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines criticised fellow Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday for failing to take a united stand against China over mariti
Read MoreRegional News (Updates with comments from Clinton in ninth paragraph.) Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- To China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, anoth
Read MoreRegional News China has warned India to halt joint energy projects with Vietnam in the South China Sea even as Beijing takes steps to reduce tensio
Read MoreRegional News MANILA, Philippines - A former US defense official cited yesterday the lack of a binding code of conduct among claimants of the dispu
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. In his September-October 2011 Foreign Policy article (“The South China Sea is the future of conflict”) Robert D. K
Read MoreThis is a re-posted 5-page special report from Foreign Policy magazine. The 21st century's defining battleground is going to be on water. Europe is
Read MoreJapan and the Philippines, both facing intensifying territorial disputes with China, are exploring ways to deepen military and security ties. Phili
Read MoreThe Philippines and Indonesia shook off any concerns over a U.S. decision to forgo selling new fighter jets to Taiwan, despite fears it could signal
Read MoreThis is a re-posted opinion piece. On the surface, President Aquino’s recent visit to China seems to have yielded little by way of resolving the Spra
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