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EDITORIAL: Xi Jinping shifts tactics on Taiwan, a strategic reading
Fewer jets, more calculated silence. The daily average of Chinese air incursions into the Taiwan Strait has fallen by half compared to 2025, according…
ANALYSIS: Balikatan 2026 in five numbers
Some military exercises pass unnoticed, and then there is Balikatan. In 2026, this joint maneuver between the Philippines and the United States took on…
FACT CHECK: Manila sanctioned — the questions few outlets are asking
On June 11, 2026, China barred the Philippine defense minister, Gilberto Teodoro, from entering its territory, according to Al Jazeera.
PORTRAIT: China's coast guard east of Taiwan and the balance of power now in motion
Some institutions have names that sound unremarkable, yet their deployment can shift the strategic balance of an entire region.
COMMENTARY: Taiwan Strait, one week later — the tally
On average, five Chinese warplanes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait daily through May 2026, according to the Straits Times of June…
INVESTIGATION: Philippine fishermen versus the Chinese coast guard, Scarborough's silent war
Ten years. That is how long it has been since the 2016 arbitral ruling favorable to the Philippines on the status of Scarborough Shoal.
ANALYSIS: Seven nations, one exercise — what Balikatan 2026 reveals
Seventeen thousand troops. Seven nations. A single exercise. That figure alone sums up the scale of Balikatan 2026, the joint military maneuver that mobilized…
NOTE: Xi Jinping Changes Tactics on Taiwan
The daily average of Chinese air incursions into the Taiwan Strait has fallen by half compared with 2025, according to the Straits Times of…
COLUMN: Balikatan 2026, Japan Steps to the Front Line Since 1945
The Balikatan 2026 exercise mobilized 17,000 troops from seven countries, according to Asialink, including Japan's first combat deployment since 1945, a historic marker that…