Mar 24, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion
Some American and Australian strategic planners have been pushing for an imaginary line of defense to stop China’s creeping influence in the region. It was sort of the French “Maginot line” in the 1930s to stop a German invasion. The line failed as Adolf Hitler’z...
Jan 30, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion
On Tuesday, it will be one year after Myanmar’s generals grabbed state power, refusing to accept an election result that gave an overwhelming mandate to civilian leaders led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD). For a year now, the...
Jan 13, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion
Myanmar is wearing out the patience of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). It has promised to abide by a five-point consensus reached in April to resolve the crisis after Myanmar’s generals seized power in a coup almost a year ago and jailed thousands,...
Dec 4, 2021 | In the trenches, Opinion
How much would the Philippines pay to prevent China from exerting influence over and gaining a foothold on one of the country’s strategic locations — Subic Bay? It’s P1.35 billion a year for the next 25 years. It’s for the Philippine Navy’s lease of a 100-hectare...
Nov 16, 2021 | In the trenches, Opinion
Air bases in Luzon have become increasingly important to the United States as tensions rise in the Taiwan Straits, just north of the Philippines.Under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) signed in 2014, Washington was allowed access to five military...
