Stratbase ADR Institute, Inc. (ADRi) hosted a roundtable discussion entitled: “Mining through the National Security Lens” on March 20, 2018 in Makati City. The roundtable discussion started with the presentation of Dr. Ronald U Mendoza of his special study with the same title. The study examines the Philippine mining industry in the context of promoting… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute The rise of digital technology has provided opportunities for growth but also created new threats and risks. Cybersecurity has become a critical concern in a modern world. With almost 60 percent of Filipinos with access to the internet, more people have become victims of cybercrime, data breach,… Read More

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute with the support of the Australian Government and the Australia-ASEAN Council hosted a roundtable meeting on “Practical Futures for Cyber Confidence Building in the ASEAN Region” last March 15, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. This activity is part of ASEAN-Australia Week, a lead-in event to the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.

The digital world has increasingly underpinned wide-ranging aspects of our daily lives. While digital technology has provided opportunities for growth and development, the same created new threats or risks. Our increasing dependence on such technology only intimates that the cost of any disruption would likewise be high. Laws have been passed to protect and enforce… Read More

Atty. Katrina Clemente-Lua, Executive Director of the Stratbase ADR Institute Cybersecurity in the Philippines remains in its infancy stage. Several initiatives to address cybersecurity concerns have been undertaken in the previous administrations, all of which were inadequate in deterring a good number of cyber threats that transpired in recent years. In March 2013, after the… Read More

Dindo Manhit, President of the Stratbase ADR Institute Actions speak louder than words, but words that evaluate actions are tools for improvement. As we are way past the political honeymoon stage, the challenges that confront the Duterte presidency in its second year are far more complex and demanding. Under this condition, strategic leadership is the… Read More

Dr. Renato de Castro, Trustee of the Stratbase ADR Institute Prior to US President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, East Asia was on edge, unsure of whether the Obama administration’s strategic pivot to the Asia-Pacific region would die a natural death or not. There was anxiety arising from fears that the incoming administration… Read More