The Philippines Is Exercising Growing Agency on the Taiwan Issue
The Taiwanese people have spoken: the long-time Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) politician, Lai Ching-Te, will be the next president and possibly sustain and improve upon his predecessor’s efforts to stand up for the island nation’s interests. Unprecedentedly, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. publicly congratulated President-elect Lai in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating that he looks … Read more