Vincent Kyle Parada

Sep 20, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Vincent Kyle Parada

The nexus of South China Sea tensions is shifting. Only weeks after agreeing to a “provisional arrangement” for resupply missions to the Philippine warship-turned-military outpost BRP Sierra Madre at Second Thomas Shoal, Beijing is establishing new fronts in its decades-long dispute with Manila. Chinese fighter jets have since performed dangerous maneuvers against Philippine aircraft at Scarborough Shoal.

Sep 19, 2024 | tribunecontentagency.com | Vincent Kyle Parada

But while Manila has continued to highlight these incidents under the banner of “assertive transparency,” China does not seem to be responding in the way that the Philippines hoped. As a tool of foreign policy, “naming and shaming” is nothing new. Indeed, scholars such as Wendy He Qingli and Haridas Ramasamy have highlighted Washington’s use of rhetorical coercion to illuminate China’s gray-zone activities since the Obama administration.

Aug 12, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Vincent Kyle Parada

On August 9, the Philippines and Vietnam held the first maritime security exercises between their respective coast guards. The drills mark a new chapter in the history of their bilateral relations, with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed earlier this January opening up new avenues to enhance cooperation on maritime security. Beneath the veneer of this achievement, however, Hanoi and Manila have not always seen eye-to-eye in terms of foreign policy.

Apr 13, 2023 | eastasiaforum.org | Vincent Kyle Parada |Philippine Navy |Oyuntugs Davaakhuu |Peter McDonald

Author: Vincent Kyle Parada, Philippine NavyOn 4 March 2023, Provincial Governor Roel Degamo was gunned down inside his residential compound at Pamplona in Negros Oriental. The attack has claimed the lives of nine people and injured 16 more. Degamo had been in the middle of a meeting with his constituents when around ten heavily armed men entered his residence and opened fire.