Still Legally Relevant: The South China Sea Award After Ten Years
Pham Ngoc Minh Trang|Tran le Duy
The 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea has subtly shifted claimant states’ practices, a decade on.

Pham Ngoc Minh Trang|Tran le Duy
The 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea has subtly shifted claimant states’ practices, a decade on.
Mico A Galang
As the Philippines faces a more complex strategic environment, security cooperation with like-minded countries is critical. This Long Read examines the strategic partnership between Japan and the Philippines, particularly under the Marcos Jr administration.
David Lam
The Philippines has become the first government in the world to put its national budget on a blockchain. It offers a precedent for using the technology's transparency and immutability to enforce fiscal accountability.
JC Punongbayan
The discovery of substantial natural gas deposits in the Philippines does not obviate the need for the country to make a longer-term transition to renewables.
JC Punongbayan
As remittances from overseas Filipinos slow down amid global uncertainties and a changing global economy, the Philippines needs to develop new growth drivers.
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Nuurrianti Jalli|Angel Martinez
AI-generated propaganda is being used to distort reality and disinform the public, even gathering support for military escalation in already troubled waters.
JC Punongbayan
The fact that the Philippines requires flood control measures is beyond dispute. But the problem goes far deeper.
Don McLain Gill
The Philippines and Canada have deepened their strategic partnership, but there is still some way to go before the relationship approaches levels that Manila enjoys with other regional partners.
Lisandro E. Claudio|Aries A. Arugay
American conservatism and evangelicalism have found their way into the Philippines.
Ian Storey|Aries A. Arugay
A recent incident between the Philippine Coast Guard and China’s maritime forces could presage a change in tactics by the latter. If this is so, tensions in the disputed area might head north.