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Camel’s (United States) ‘head’ is in South Asia tent: US-Maldives military pact By Daya Gamage Asian Tribune US National Correspondent Washington, D.C. The United States strategy finally worked; the super power has been, for a considerably long time, pounding on the Republic of Maldives, an archipelago below Sri Lanka in South Asia in the Indian Ocean, for its alleged violation of democracy, rule of law Read More …
Xi Jinping’s recent visit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders says as much about the United States as it does about China. By Matt Schiavenza The Atlantic Solving the Israel/Palestine crisis has long been the holy grail of American foreign policy — an elusive goal that each successive president has strived to achieve. Like moths to a flame, American presidents cannot resist the temptation to solve Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘The emergent superpower has been intruding not only in territorial waters, islands and shoals of the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations, but also in India’s side of the Himalayan border.’ JUST like what China has been doing in the territorial waters, islands and shoals of the Philippines and other Southeast Asian neighbors which it claims to be parts of the Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘Is this why China has arrogantly ignored Asean’s recent calls for a Code of Conduct and peaceful settlement of territorial disputes in the South China Sea?’ A DAY after the summit meeting in Brunei of the leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) last week, China lashed out at the Philippines for its attempt to seek an international Read More …
By Yeremia Lalisang The Jakarta Post A South China Sea discussion was expected to be the highlight of the 22nd ASEAN Summit in Bandar Seri Begawan last week, considering the increased assertiveness of both China and claimant states from Southeast Asia, but the discussion did not materialize. The summit did not conclude with a strong statement on the issue, discouraging any future efforts to settle Read More …
By Erick San Juan Columnist Ben D. Kritz latest article at the front page of Manila Times, “Why You Should Be Worried About 2015?” dated April 30,2013, caught my attention especially now that that the global economy is in turmoil. Mr. Kritz was alarmed with the pulic relations fall out of the latest poverty statistics. Thanks to the NSCB (National Statistics Coordination Board) for telling Read More …
TICKING TIME BOMB: The CSIS report says that neither China nor the US can fully control developments that could ignite a Taiwan crisis and lead to nuclear conflict By William Lowther Staff reporter in WASHINGTON Taipei Times Taiwan is the most likely potential crisis that could trigger a nuclear war between China and the US, a new academic report concludes. “Taiwan remains the single most Read More …
By Peter E. Greene The Windsor Star It was interesting to read Tom Phillips’ opinion column on China’s expanding military might. The article mentions a report by Xinhua, a Chinese state-run news agency that states China’s commitment to a doctrine of peaceful development and that China will never seek hegemony or behave in a hegemonic manner, nor engage in military expansion. Those countries that believe Read More …
U.S. vs China Expansionism on Collision Course By Bernie Lopez China recently criticized the White House for strengthening military forces and alliances in Asia under the so-called ‘pivot’ to Asia policy, which China said was destabilizing the Asia Pacific Region (APR). The protest cited specifically four US allies – Vietnam, Philippines, and South Korea, and Japan. Ironically, Vietnam was a former ally of China during Read More …
By William Ide Voice of America BEIJING — China has released a report on its military strength that says U.S. efforts to rebalance its presence to Asia are adding to tensions in the region. The defense white paper says China faces multiple, complicated security threats and challenges but repeated the country’s pledge to never engage in military expansion. In Beijing’s latest white paper on defense, Read More …