Vietnam and the Philippines stake their biggest claim on South China Sea
One and one make eleven. Who knows it better than Vietnam and the Philippines that have now come together to ...
Tag: South China Sea
It’s official – Duterte has been cut to size and China Hawk Philippine Military is in full control
2021 is an unusually busy year for the Philippine military and defence establishment. The country has grown more confrontational than ...
The power of Vietnam
Officially called the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, this southeast Asian nation has been giving China a run for its money ...
The Philippines makes China-loving Netflix remove its pro-CCP episodes
China is trying to use the international entertainment industry to validate and normalise its illegal claims across the Indo Pacific, ...
ASEAN: Not worthy of Quad’s partnership
One of these days the policymakers and the foreign policy analysts will need to think about the need for keeping ...
Russia hints that China will remain an enemy no matter what US does
At TFI we have for the longest time mentioned that Sino-Russian rapprochement and increasing closeness is a calculated decision of ...
Taiwan not ‘untouchable’ for the EU anymore
France has taken the driver seat in shaping the EU’s foreign policy towards China, and there is hardly any encouraging ...
Putin addresses the elephant in the room, openly talks about South China Sea for the first time
Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, is a realist in his special sense. He wants to re-establish Russia as a powerhouse. While many ...
With a stronger Vietnam and a changed Philippines, China will need to vacate occupied parts of Spratly Islands
China may be a compulsive bully, but the Southeast Asian nations are no longer ready to tolerate its compulsive bullying ...
Australia will give its bases to French warships to take care of Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific
The Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific has become more pronounced in the last couple of years. Xi Jinping has changed ...
Quad could officially forge an alliance to save Taiwan from Chinese belligerence
‘Quad’, a grouping of four like-minded democracies and has become a cause of constant concern for Beijing The Taiwanese government ...
China is so scared of Japan now that it has put up North Korea to distract Japan
Many actions have turned disastrous for China under Xi Jinping. The attempts to intimidate Japan and build escalations in the ...
