Rodrigo Duterte | Watching America

Uganda: How China Lost Asia

Lalatendu Das - March 19, 2023. Published in Monitor

The geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China has compelled countries to balance their competing national interests.

Zimbabwe: US Military Encirclement of China Creating a Threat

Lalatendu Das - February 8, 2023. Published in The Herald

The United States is pursuing a strategy to militarily encircle and contain China.

Japan: Fill the Power Vacuum in the US-Philippine Alliance

Robin Koerner - August 16, 2021. Published in Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)

Kenya: China Fumes over Fresh US-Philippines Military Pact

Robin Koerner - August 12, 2021. Published in The Standard

Philippines: Duterte’s Last State of the Nation Address’ Reactionary Foreign Policy

Robin Koerner - August 8, 2021. Published in Rappler

The Philippines has already become a major Southeast Asian conflict space, with the stationing of military units belonging to the world’s top contending imperialist powers.

China: US Elites Deem Philippines ‘Least Valuable Player’ in Confronting China

Lalatendu Das - June 2, 2021. Published in Global Times

Trump bluntly threatened and coerced allies, while Biden tends to rally its allies against China.

Hong Kong: Duterte Wants $16 Billion for Visiting Forces Agreement with American Military; Fair Price for US Ally in the South China Sea, or Extortion?

Robin Koerner - February 23, 2021. Published in South China Morning Post

Philippines: A US Style 2022 for the Philippines?

Robin Koerner - November 21, 2020. Published in Philippine Daily Inquirer

Unfortunately, the US electoral system and electorate are very different from ours.

Philippines: No Changes in Filipino-US Relations under Biden

Robin Koerner - November 10, 2020. Published in The Manila Times

A truly independent foreign policy for the country, one that brooks no interference from any foreign power.

United Arab Emirates: Across Asia There Are Crowds Who Can’t Get Enough of Donald Trump

Lalatendu Das - October 30, 2020. Published in The National

While increasingly unpopular at home, Mr Trump remains a premier brand among Asia’s oldest democracies, the Philippines and India, and China’s communist brethren, Vietnam.

Philippines: US Election, Trump vs. Biden: Impact on the World and the Philippines

Robin Koerner - October 25, 2020. Published in The Manila Times

Philippines: Trump Feared or Respected Our Tax Service More Than IRS

Robin Koerner - September 29, 2020. Published in The Manila Times

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