The 19-hour Pelosi visit to Taiwan on August 2 precipitated a mini-crisis across Taiwan Strait. In response, the Chinese government encircled Taiwan with six military exercise zones, and all sea and air traffic
THE Taiwan issue is dangerously shaping up to be a powder keg that can easily spiral into a Ukraine in Asia — Ukraine where tens of thousands have needlessly died and a
ASIDE from the rape and other abuses of US soldiers in Okinawa that have been featured in news stories, the island is again on the headlines due to the arrival of the
THERE are now “live wires” that can ignite anytime and produce a conflagration in the Indo-Pacific region that may be beyond the destruction wrought by World War 2. Indeed, it
WE are now in the most dangerous situation in the world since 1945, according to Dr. Steinbock, founder of the global think-tank Difference Group. There was a promising possibility in 2016 where
THE year 2022 in just the first six months has seen massive, chaotic shifts in the world’s politics and economies. Never have so many simultaneous crises blown up, and continue
PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.s’ inaugural speech was solemn yet powerful. He recognized the challenges of today as an accumulation of problems over the years and warned that the road
THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has the basic right to protest or to time its communications. But some of its people have to be consistent in their recognition of actual facts,
Close Encounter Of China-Australia Military Aircraft Raises Questions A CLOSE encounter between Australian and Chinese military aircraft over the South China Sea has resulted in mutual accusations of provocative and dangerous behavior
THREE weeks shy of his formal inauguration, the pressure on President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take a forceful, if not combative, position in the West Philippine Sea begins. Three days
What is happening to the US? US President Joe Biden did not hesitate to send over $40 billion in more budget to Ukraine and to offer to send the US military to help Taiwan. This
MUCH of the world is poised to spiral into potential crisis mode on several major fronts, we are already leading to destabilization of the economies and politics of several countries
