President Marcos Jr.’s started off his fifth, penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) strong by addressing the corruption issues hounding his administration head-on, starting with his own cousin and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez,  Stratbase Institute President and BowerGroupAsia managing director Prof. Victor “Andres” Manhit said in an interview with Singaporean broadcast channel CNA.  In so doing, Prof. Manhit said, the President… Read More

Ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit said the government must heed the increasingly intertwined demands of the Filipino public – to address corruption, bring down food prices and create more jobs – so that the Marcos administration can finish strong as it… Read More

Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit joined a private discussion with H.E. Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, upon the invitation of H.E. Massimo Santoro, Ambassador of the European Union Delegation to the Philippines. The meeting was held at the office of the EU Delegation… Read More

Upon the invitation of H.E. Marc Innes-Brown, Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines, Stratbase Institute President and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit attended the foreign policy address of Senator the Honourable Penny Wong, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, at De La Salle University Manila.  Minister Wong underscored the historic strength of Australia–Philippines relations and the shared responsibility of both countries, as middle… Read More

Stratbase Institute President Professor Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit was invited to a private roundtable discussion with Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson.  Together, they discussed the Philippines’ defense, security, foreign, and economic policies.   Stratbase remains committed to promoting partnerships with like-minded countries such as Sweden, particularly as defense and economic cooperation between Sweden and the Philippines continues to grow, including Sweden’s… Read More

Stratbase Group Founder and CEO Prof. Dindo Manhit was visited by a delegation of think tanks from Ukraine to discuss the current geopolitical situation in the Indo-Pacific region and how Ukraine and the Philippines can work together to maintain a prosperous and peaceful region.  Led by former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, the meeting was also joined by Dr.… Read More

The Stratbase Institute held the virtual launch of the book Mandalas of Multialignment: Hedging Bets in Southeast Asia Grand Strategy Spheres, Foreign and Security Policy Webs, and Global Geopolitics and Geoeconomics. Authored by Stratbase Institute Non-Resident Fellow Dr. Prashanth Parameswaran, the book presents a new connective approach to analyzing Southeast Asia’s alignment shifts in grand strategy and foreign and security policy.  In… Read More