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[Title] => Ostracize the crooks
[Summary] => There was this interesting article at The Washington Post last week about the alarming decline in the population of many countries. It cited a recent essay for The Financial Times by John Burn-Murdoch suggesting that the culprit is smartphones.
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[Title] => The window that we must not waste
[Summary] => There has been a noticeable shift in tone lately here in Washington, DC whenever the Philippines is discussed.
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[Title] => The art of royal diplomacy
[Summary] => When King Charles III arrived in Washington, DC for a four-day state visit, the optics were unmistakable.
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[Title] => Shots fired, Trump evacuated from press dinner in Washington
[Summary] => Shots were fired as US President Donald Trump attended a media gala in Washington on Saturday night, with the gunman detained at a screening area just outside the hotel ballroom where hundreds of guests had gathered.
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[Title] => Houthis missile attacks on Israel widen Middle East war
[Summary] => Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels joined the month-old Middle East war, claiming two missile attacks on Israel that raised concern on Sunday about the war spreading to the Red Sea.
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[Title] => The middle power moment?
[Summary] => Washington is no longer viewed by its allies as a champion of collective security, free trade and rule of law.
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[Title] => US Congress’ bipartisan support in the Indo-Pacific region
[Summary] => From Washington, one learns quickly to distinguish noise from signal, with press conferences, talking points and cable news skirmishes often generating far more heat than light.
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[Title] => When power speaks without asking permission
[Summary] => In a Jan. 4, 2026 Substack essay that has been circulating quietly but intensely among defense analysts and policymakers here in Washington, geopolitical writer Shanaka Anslem Perera distilled what many in this town sensed almost immediately after the early hours of Jan. 3.
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[Title] => What most Filipinos wish for their country
[Summary] => As the year winds down, reflection and introspection come naturally. From where I sit in Washington, DC, thousands of miles away but never distant from home, I find myself asking Filipinos a simple question: what do you wish for the Philippines?
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[Title] => ‘Don’t panic, don’t renounce Philippines citizenship’
[Summary] => The Philippine embassy in Washington called on Filipino-Americans to remain calm amid fears over a proposed law that seeks to end dual citizenship in the United States.
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[Title] => Shots fired, Trump evacuated from press dinner in Washington
[Summary] => Shots were fired as US President Donald Trump attended a media gala in Washington on Saturday night, with the gunman detained at a screening area just outside the hotel ballroom where hundreds of guests had gathered.
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[Title] => Houthis missile attacks on Israel widen Middle East war
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[Title] => The middle power moment?
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[Title] => US Congress’ bipartisan support in the Indo-Pacific region
[Summary] => From Washington, one learns quickly to distinguish noise from signal, with press conferences, talking points and cable news skirmishes often generating far more heat than light.
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[Title] => When power speaks without asking permission
[Summary] => In a Jan. 4, 2026 Substack essay that has been circulating quietly but intensely among defense analysts and policymakers here in Washington, geopolitical writer Shanaka Anslem Perera distilled what many in this town sensed almost immediately after the early hours of Jan. 3.
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[Title] => What most Filipinos wish for their country
[Summary] => As the year winds down, reflection and introspection come naturally. From where I sit in Washington, DC, thousands of miles away but never distant from home, I find myself asking Filipinos a simple question: what do you wish for the Philippines?
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[Title] => ‘Don’t panic, don’t renounce Philippines citizenship’
[Summary] => The Philippine embassy in Washington called on Filipino-Americans to remain calm amid fears over a proposed law that seeks to end dual citizenship in the United States.
[DatePublished] => 2025-12-14 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 0
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