Image: IDF
The Gaza War as seen from Southeast Asia
The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune - January 2024  ...
Authorities at the site of a Catholic Mass that a powerful explosion disrupted in Marawi City (Image: Rappler)
Asia Watch: Trouble at home
Aside from the Israelis themselves, the Philippines was...
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (right) and Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo (source: @SecManalo)
Israeli FM’s historic Philippines visit highlights Israel’s Asian ambitions
Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen landed...
A violent clash of forces is never a distant possibility in the southern Philippines
Asia Watch: Slow progress
Several years after an historic peace agreement and...
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Asia Watch: Distant friends
With his administration barely two months old, new...
Moro Islamic Liberation Front fighters in Maguindanao province: Laying down arms for political autonomy (Image: MindaNews)
Asia Watch: Staying the course?
The path towards self-government for Muslims in the...
Family baggage: Ferdinand Marcos Jr (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Asia Watch: Name recognition
As the days count down to the national...
Sara and Rodrigo Duterte (Official photo)
Asia Watch: The Southern question
As the Philippines heads towards elections in 2022,...
Key militants killed in southern Philippines (Source: Joint Task Force Sulu)
Asia Watch: Another kingpin down
Security forces in Southeast Asia retain an impressive...
Former Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels out on patrol
Asia Watch: Not Ready Yet
The creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in...

The suicide bombing of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Jolo, Philippines, in January 2019 showed ISIS's reach into Asia
Asia Watch: ISIS sneaking back
  Amid the all-consuming distraction of the global...
The success of the joint Philippines-US counterterrorism mission is still an open question
Asia Watch: Glass half-full, half-empty
  The Philippines Armed Forces has been bolstered...