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Destined for war

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | July 18, 2019 - 12:00am

China and the United States are currently on a collision course for war – unless both parties take difficult and painful actions to avert it.

Opinion

Japan: The third power

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | June 13, 2019 - 12:00am

Last week I wrote about the increasing possibility of China and the United States falling into the Thucydides Trap – a phrase which explains the likelihood of conflict between a rising power and a currently...

Opinion

Japan: A trusted partner

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | May 19, 2019 - 12:00am

Conventional wisdom dictates that Southeast Asia has become a region caught between two powers – China and the United States.

Opinion

Opportunities for deals in an escalating trade war

By Rey Gamboa | May 16, 2019 - 12:00am

Uncertainty continues to hover over the global economy as the trade war between China and the United States deepens with new calls to raise tariff rates on more products traded by both countries.

Business

Ramos: Philippines should stop US, China from warring

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | January 25, 2016 - 8:22pm

Former President Fidel Ramos on Monday said that the Philippines should use its position to prevent China and the United States...

Headlines

Taliban reaffirms authority of its Qatar 'political office'

By Adam Schreck | January 24, 2016 - 3:46pm

The Afghan Taliban said yesterday that its "political office" in Qatar is the only entity authorized to carry out negotiations on its behalf, reinforcing the authority of the man who took control of the group amid...

World

China state news agency criticizes US-Philippines base deal

By Christopher Bodeen | January 13, 2016 - 5:21am

China harshly criticized the Philippine Supreme Court's backing of a defense pact allowing American forces, warships and planes to be based temporarily in local military camps, with an editorial in state media Wednesday...

World

2015: A year of China-US competition and cooperation

January 11, 2016 - 9:00am

As in every year, 2015 in Asia was marked by natural and man-made tragedies, such as the devastating Nepal earthquake and the persecution of minorities like Myanmar’s Rohingyas.

Letters to the Editor

Economic, not military, rivalry for US and China

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | November 27, 2015 - 9:00am

No matter the military muscle-flexing both by China and the United States (along with Japan and other US regional allies) in relation to the ongoing maritime dispute in our part of the world, all parties concerned...

Opinion

Will EDCA lead to war?

By AT GROUND LEVEL | By Satur C. Ocampo | November 13, 2015 - 9:00am

Soon after the Supreme Court began en-banc deliberations on two petitions urging it to declare as unconstitutional the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (signed between the Philippine and United States governments...

Opinion