Prof. Dindo Manhit, President at the Stratbase ADR Institute Last week was remarkably eventful for those of us following developments in the South China Sea. Late last night (Manila time), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea announced that the tribunal had ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the Philippine case on its… Read More

For this blog entry, we feature an interview with Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario from whom the ADRi was named to honor his lifetime achievements as a business leader and exemplary public servant. The interview was conducted by Lally Weymouth, a Senior Associate Editor of the Washington Post who has been… Read More

Angelica Mangahas, Deputy Executive Director & Security Specialist at the ADR Institute  Earlier this month, we wrote about the burgeoning Philippines-Japan Strategic Partnership and how it continues earlier steps taken by both countries, especially Japan, to deepen their ties since the 1990s.[1] Nevertheless, the longstanding relationship has previously lacked a serious security dimension. In one part, the… Read More

The Philippines and Japan make natural friends and, if they’re careful, lasting ones Angelica Mangahas, Deputy Executive Director & Security Specialist at the ADR Institute On September 3, China will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. The date is an annual holiday the Chinese call ‘Victory against Japan Day.’ This year’s anniversary… Read More