Stratbase Institute Prof. Dindo Manhit was privileged to be invited as a special guest of H.E. Shri Harsh Kumar Jain, Ambassador of India to the Philippines, and the Embassy of India to the Philippines to the India-Philippines Defence Industry Seminar and Exhibition entitled “Sharing Horizons: Promoting Collaborative Opportunities To Foster India-Philippines Defence Cooperation.”  The audience heard from H.E. Jain on the initiatives of… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit was visited by Ambassador of Israel to the Philippines H.E. Dana Kursh and SIGNAL Group (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership) Founder and Executive Director Ms. Carice Witte at the Stratbase office. They were joined by Stratbase Institute Non-Resident Fellow RADM Rommel Ong (Ret.), Embassy of Israel Defense Attaché Atty. Or Meir Betzalel, and SIGNAL Group… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit was visited by a Taiwanese delegation led by Dr. Titus Chen (Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University). Prof. Manhit was joined by Mr. Orly Oxales (Deputy Managing Director, Stratbase Group), Gen. Manny Bautista (Ret.) (Non-Resident Fellow, Stratbase Institute; former Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines), and RADM Rommel Ong (Non-Resident… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit had a meeting with Asec. Augusto Gaite (Assistant Secretary for Defense Technology, Research, and Industry Development, Department of National Defense) at his office at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.  They discussed industrial sectors that could best support the government’s Self-Reliant Defense Posture (SRDP) Program. They spoke of how the SRDP Program will not only make the Philippines… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit and Stratbase Group COO Mr. RP Manhit participated in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Editors and Opinion Leaders Forum held at Fairmont, Makati City. This event serves as the kick-off event as the Philippines holds the ASEAN chairmanship for the whole of 2026. Stratbase served as the official partner of the Department of Trade and Industry… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit visited the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Deputy Chief of Staff LTGEN Rommel Roldan in his office at Camp Aguinaldo. He was joined by his colleagues, Stratbase Group Chief of Staff Ms. Dana Dinsay and Stratbase Institute Program and Research Manager for defense and security Ms. Linar Orbista.  Together, they discussed how Stratbase can best support the AFP in its initiatives to… Read More

Last February 20, 2026, H. E. Lee Sanghwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines, invited Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit to a dinner meeting with him in his residence in Makati City to discuss South Korea’s investments in the Philippines and the strong bilateral relationship between the two countries. He was joined by Mr.… Read More