Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto “Gilbert” Teodoro Jr. issued a sharp call for ASEAN member states to abandon any pretense of neutrality in the face of Chinese actions in the South China Sea, arguing…
A tiny percentage of vocal elites in the region who have become Pro-China are clamoring for separation from the United States. Complete cessation of American military activities in the ASEAN theater – closing access to…
South China Sea tensions, gray-zone tactics, and the perennial question of whose little blue boats are really just fishing. Over the past five years, an unexpected wildcard has emerged — the “3rd Threat Element.”, aka.…
In his masterpiece 1955 book, The Triumph of the English Language, Author Richard Foster Jones presented a thorough academic outline on how the “Combined Tongues of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes” was able to supersede…
In the contested gray-zone areas of the West Philippine Sea (WPS), where Chinese Coast Guard vessels, maritime militia, and PLAN units have repeatedly harassed Philippine fisherfolk, Coast Guard patrols, Navy missions, and outposts at Pag-Asa…
The Chinese embassy’s latest statements on West Philippine Sea incidents was a classic case of “taking the piss”, a British slang term that means “making fun of” – feigned, performative outrage while their ships harass…
