The US defence giant’s ‘soft-power’ play with ‘hard-power’ effects is a combination China will find concerning, analysts say.

With upcoming upgrades to naval bases facing the South China Sea, Manila is set to expand its reach into the disputed ...

Manila is pushing the revitalised shipyard in the hopes it will unlock a ‘Pandora’s box’ of investment and act as a strategic ...

China must stop “spinning” the narrative and blaming the Philippines, and just admit that two of its ships collided during its illegal patrol in the West Philippine Sea, an official of the Philippine ...

Effectively prioritizing China is only possible if US allies commit to taking a greater share of the defense burden.

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

The Philippine government has proposed a 2026 defence budget of PHP299.3 billion (USD5.2 billion), the third successive year ...

A Philippine patrol ship less than half the size of the two Chinese vessels pursuing it could not have triggered their ...

The NMC ruled out the possibility of deploying Philippine Navy warships to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, deeming it a “warlike ...

Heath MacDonald toured Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines earlier this month in a bid to help diversify trade ...