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Thinking Beyond Politics
Last Monday, June 6, a luncheon was held with the “Asia-Pacific Perspectives on Implementing the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement: Insights on the Bilateral Security Dialogue” Forum Speakers: Ernest Bower (Stratbase ADRi Trustee and Senior Adviser and Chair for Southeast Asia Studies at CSIS), Gregory Poling (Director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and a fellow… Read More
Last June 9, the ADRi, in partnership with the TA Trade Advisory Group, conducted a roundtable discussion in light of the passage of the landmark legislation that seeks to spur market competition―Republic Act 10667 or the Philippine Competition Act (PCA). The RTD was intended to provide the background and the policies behind the PCA, as… Read More
By Jaime Laude MANILA, Philippines – The incoming Duterte administration must honor its commitment to implement the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) signed by the Philippines and the US, former foreign secretary Albert del Rosario said yesterday. Speaking at a forum at the National Defense College of the Philippines, Del Rosario, chairman of the Albert… Read More
“The group agrees that a peace scenario that promotes development in the region will have a very positive impact to President-elect Duterte’s agenda of shared growth,” said Manhit. File photo MANILA, Philippines – Philippine business leaders and international think tanks discussed probable scenarios and strategic effects the government of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte might face in the… Read More
FILE – In this Monday, May 9, 2016 file photo, front-running presidential candidate Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gestures at photographers to move back prior to voting in a polling precinct at Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School at Matina district, his hometown in Davao city in southern Philippines. The U.S. has upset China by sending on… Read More
Ernest Z. Bower, Trustee of Stratbase ADRi, President & CEO of BowerGroupAsia, and Senior Adviser for Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies China’s neighbors are gravely concerned about what they see as a clear and determined strategy being implemented by Xi Jinping, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and… Read More
May 12, 2016 By John Hamre, Michael Green, Matthew Goodman, Scott Miller, Ernest Bower, Victor Cha, Christopher Johnson, Michael Matera, & Richard Rossow — Secretary of State John Kerry participates in a meeting with nations’ leaders discussing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Source: Wikimedia, U.S. Government Work. The United States is a Pacific power. For over… Read More
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