The presumptive president should give careful thought to protecting Philippine sovereignty against Chinese pressure, and the human rights of all Filipinos.
US Navy F35Cs and F/A18s flew over USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Philippine sea as Japan’s FM Hayashi and US Ambassador Emanuel arrived.
The Japanese PM and British PM Boris Johnson agreed at his last stop that “security in the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions is indivisible.”
The involvement of India is vital if we are to deter a China bent on emulating Russia by using force to change the status quo in...
Sri Lanka, a nucleus of the Indian Ocean region and the free and open Indo-Pacific, faces unprecedented instability in the wake of Chinese financial entanglements.
From cherry blossom festivals to infrastructure development, relations between India and Japan are helping India’s Northeast region to come alive.
Tokyo should build on the momentum the Ukraine crisis has provided and improve ties with a geopolitical Europe that is seeking a greater role in global...
If it takes Taiwan, the PRC would effectively outflank Japanese defenses and be positioned to dominate and seize Japanese maritime and island territory.
Deterring China’s hegemonic aggression is the catalyst for new economic dialogue and plans for Kishida, Biden, other Quad leaders to meet in Japan by mid-year.
The deal is surely going to rile China, which will try to put pressure on the Philippines through other means.
Kishida is displaying much bolder leadership and decision-making on China-related and other issues since taking the reigns of government.
Friendship, independence, the road less traveled have led these two Asian nations into steadily strengthening ties and sharing visions on the sidelines of global politics.
