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Marco Rubio Enrique A. Manalo
Asia-Pacific

Can US-Philippine talks calm South China Sea tensions?

A recent meeting between Marco Rubio and Enrique Manalo may offer hope for a new strategy aimed at de-escalation

The tightening Pacific web: A move toward Asian NATO?
Asia-Pacific

The tightening Pacific web: A move toward Asian NATO?

Biden administration aims to reinforce hub-and-spoke model for U.S. supremacy in the Indo-Pacific.

Second Thomas Shoal
QiOSK

US Admiral: US escorts for Philippine ships 'reasonable'

Manila's tensions with China are bad enough without Washington's intrusion in the South China Sea skirmishes

Dangerous China-Philippine clashes could be expanding
Asia-Pacific

Dangerous China-Philippine clashes could be expanding

Serious incidents in the South China Sea are spreading well beyond the Second Thomas Shoal, pulling the US in deeper

Logic of a forgotten American atrocity is alive today
Asia-Pacific

Logic of a forgotten American atrocity is alive today

Washington has much to learn from new research chronicling the US massacre of the Moros in the Philippines in 1906

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Asia-Pacific

The trilateral summit is all about China

Experts say the meetings risk further ratcheting up tensions in the Pacific