IILS Publications
The IILS publishes books and pamphlets on different issues in international law. Our Recent publications include the following: Perspectives on Terrorism in the Philippine Context This book is the…
The IILS publishes books and pamphlets on different issues in international law. Our Recent publications include the following: Perspectives on Terrorism in the Philippine Context This book is the…
New US-Philippines defense pact ‘in the works’ The United States and the Philippines are crafting a new defense pact that could replace the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) that was proposed…
Review VFA first before ending it, Duterte told Senators urged President Rodrigo R. Duterte to reconsider a plan before to end an agreement with the US on the deployment of…
The Administration’s reluctant partner in appeasing China The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is the administration’s reluctant partner in its appeasement policy on China. The Philippine military has been…
Philippines, France eye enhanced maritime defense pact Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and French Defense Minister Florence Parly recently signed the Letter of Intent on Enhancing Defense Cooperation in the Maritime…
Defense budget needs 2% of GDP to be at par with Asean – military The Philippine government should increase its defense spending to at least 2 percent of the country’s…
First Defense Attaché Highlights Russia-Philippines Defense Relations A look at the significance of the move for the wider defense relationship. PH Ambassador receives PH defense secretary Secretary Lorenzana and his…
Defense seeks Congress approval of P258 billion budget The Department of National Defense (DND) is asking Congress to approve its proposed P258 billion budget for 2020, which also covers the…
8th Philippine-United States Bilateral Strategic Dialogue (BSD) Joint Statement The Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America held the Eighth Bilateral Strategic Dialogue from 15 to 16…
Duterte OK of defense deals with US to hasten AFP upgrade Department of National Defense (DND) said President Duterte’s decision to reconsider his earlier order for the Armed Forces of…