Topic: Philippines

Filipinos getting wise to China'd-up Duterte, after China bites off a chunk of the Philippines April 2, 2019 Monica Showalter Tough-guy leader Rodrigo Duterte is learning the hard way that appeasing China is no way to make Philippines great again.
Chinese slice off another chunk of the Philippines March 5, 2019 Monica Showalter The famous Chinese "fishing boats" have taken over another island.
The Duterte visit: Trump's masterstroke on the Philippines May 1, 2017 Monica Showalter President Trump's move to host Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is being greeted by hand-wringing from the Beltway.  In reality, it's brilliant diplomacy.
President-elect of the Philippines urges citizens to kill drug dealers June 6, 2016 Thomas Lifson A global phenomenon of beleaguered citizens (what the Marxists like to call “masses”) fed up with ineffective and corrupt political elites and governmental machinery.
Grain Importers Should Be Nice To Grain Exporters July 29, 2014 David Archibald In the big game of musical chairs that the world is playing in terms of population growth and food production, not everyone is going to get a seat when the music stops.
China's 'Mobile National Territory' May 19, 2014 David Archibald Miscalculation might not lead to war because there is nothing miscalculated about what China is doing.  China intends to start a war.  
China Moon Landing A Military Threat December 18, 2013 Chriss Street China may have bit off more than it can chew in its belligerence over the East China Sea.
Super Typhoon Haiyan Aftermath November 16, 2013 Chriss Street The long-term social, economic, and political ramifications of national disasters can be far worse than the original damage.
Romney's Loss and Geopolitics November 8, 2012 Bill Schanefelt After Midway, Japan's fate was sealed, as was Germany's after Stalingrad. Will Romney's defeat seal America's fate?