Early last year, this blog housed the Forging a New Philippine Foreign Policy (FNPFP) blog temporarily. The FNPFP blog is actually a by-product of a multi-disciplinary project, which I am part of, in the University of the Philippines Diliman entitled Thematic Assessment of Philippine Foreign Relations. Now,the project (and the blog) has a permanent home in cyberspace. [...]
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The Egyptian embassy in Dasma Village, Makati, Part II
Posted: April 25, 2011 in Attention DFA!, Egypt, Foreign embassies in Dasma Village, Foreign embassies in Makati, Makati, Philippine foreign policy, Tahrir Square, the tony Dasma Village in MakatiI knew it! Sort of…. The Dasma Village guards gave us (me and my students in International Political Economy at UP Diliman) the “royal” run-around when we tried to deliver a letter of support for the Egyptian people in the struggle against the Mubarak regime last January. This after we told the same guards that [...]
Whither Philippines-China relations under President Noynoy Aquino?
Posted: April 20, 2011 in China, East Asia, Ninoy Aquino, Philippine China policy, Philippine foreign policy, Philippine foreign policy blogTags: China, one-China policy, Philippine China policy, Philippine foreign policy, Taiwan
Prof. Aileen S.P. Baviera Asian Center University of the Philippines Philippines-China relations must be at one of its lowest points ever. Even during the height of the Mischief Reef crisis (1995-1997), economic ties were growing and there was minimal effect on warm people-to-people linkages. Now the value of economic cooperation with China has been questioned [...]
Regional security in East Asia: Introduction
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Aileen Baviera, East Asia, Philippine foreign policy, Regional securityThis is a cross-posting from the Forging a New Philippine Foreign Policy (FNPFP) blog which I moderate. It is an introduction to a book entitled Regional Security in East Asia published by the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines written by a UP colleague, Prof. Aileen Baviera. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ AILEEN S.P. BAVIERA [Dr. Aileen [...]
