Florence Principe Gamboa is the Managing Editor and Coordinator of FACTS Asia, a Philippine Technology Policy Fellow at the Pacific Forum, a Fellow at Verve Research, and a Lecturer at the Far Eastern University Department of International Studies.
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Pax Silica, the Luzon Economic Corridor and the Dilemma of Philippine Economic Security
Florence Principe Gamboa|Deryk Baladjay
Pax Silica, a US-led initiative on supply chain resilience, includes plans for a 4,000-acre Economic Security Zone in New Clark City along the Luzon Economic Corridor. It aims to make the Philippines an indispensable node in digital infrastructure, advanced semiconductor packaging, and critical minerals. This Long Read argues why, despite rumblings of domestic opposition, Filipinos should embrace the initiative.