This deepens Philippine involvement in the conflict ... did not have enough political influence to force a shift in Manila's foreign policy, he added. "Based on surveys, Filipinos are still ...

The recent Senate elections in the Philippines delivered an unexpected result, sparking concerns among those closely ...

Philippine foreign policy shifted to one geared towards harvesting existing diplomatic relations to leverage on these trading blocs. This is known as “developmental diplomacy.” Another shift ...

Sara Duterte, or a Duterte-aligned candidate, however, would likely return the Philippines to an unpredictable foreign policy more sympathetic to China. While domestic policy would largely echo the ...

Yet Marcos Jr is not pivoting to the United States because China still looms large in the Philippines’ foreign policy agenda. He is not pursuing closer ties with the United States at the expense of ...

Foreign policy should serve as an extension of our domestic policy and Philippine interests require that it recovers its position as an active player in the world stage: regardless of the supposed ...

Marcos has visited the United States four times in two years and, in 2023, became the first Philippine president to set foot in the Indo-Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii. Washington, for its ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Philippines’ Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo ... analysts take to signify “a qualitative shift” in China’s efforts to enforce ...

MANILA, Philippines — A public policy center sounded the alarm over “increasing foreign military presence” in Philippine seas, prompting a call for a shift in the country’s foreign policy. The Center ...

It was left to their successors to christen the paradigm shift as the “three pillars of foreign policy,” which have served well to this day as the guiding principles in Philippine diplomacy. As the ...

Theresa Lazaro (at the podium) visited the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana on February 6 to deliver a lecture on the Philippines’ independent foreign policy before the ...