China Cards on the table: Duterte’s power aces and policy bets for Philippine security February 14, 2020 0 Image Credit: Ace of Hearts - Poker" by pokerphotos/flickr; licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. At the two-tier game of national security, Philippine President…
Crime Militarising the police, constabularising the military: Insights on Philippine public safety and security strategy June 3, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase Image Credit:Image Credit: Philippine National Police Train with JIATF West by JIATF West/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. In an article…
conflict Sri Lanka’s Leviathan May 1, 2019 0 Written by Viruben Nandakumar On 21 April 2019 three Christian churches and three luxury hotels were attacked by suicide bombers, leading to the deaths of…
Asia Small state security syndrome: understanding the Philippines’ National Security Strategy February 19, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. My continuing research interest in the Philippines’ first ever publication of a National Security Strategy (NSS) in 2018 is driven…
BRI Prospects for EU-China security cooperation in the age of the Belt and Road Initiative January 29, 2019 0 Benjamin Barton Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has rapidly emerged as a landmark state-backed endeavour of international significance and…
Taiwan China’s Meddling in the 2018 Taiwan Local Election December 20, 2018 0 Written by Yu-Hua Chen. Taiwan completed its nine-in-one local election on 24 November 2018, which ended up with a historical defeat of the ruling Democratic…
Philippines Strategic Ambiguity: Deconstructing Duterte’s 2018 National Security Strategy October 1, 2018 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. A country’s National Security Strategy (NSS) contains guidelines and action-plans to promote national interests and protect the nation from threats…
India India’s Response to Its Strategic Conundrum September 28, 2018 0 Written by Saurabh Mishra. Under new geopolitical pressures, India is undergoing a reconfiguration of its relationship with the major powers of the world. Relations with…
Asia India paces towards building Regional Security Architectures, not Alliances September 25, 2018 0 Written by Pooja Bhatt. India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s recent four day visit in August 2018 to Vietnam and Cambodia has seen a deepening…
India Nuclear weapons during India-Pakistan Crises: A Historical Reader August 30, 2018 0 Written by Rizwan Zeb. Since the 1980s, nuclear weapons have figured prominently in Indo-Pakistan conflicts. Even before the overt nuclearization of both countries in 1998,…
