Regional Security Architecture
The Asia Pacific region is now a major theater for active great power competition, but it is also where small and middle powers have been working bilaterally and through regional associations to manage disputes and promote peace, security, and stability. The Philippines, which has long been a nexus for East-West encounters, is primed for a critical role in contributing to regional initiatives.
The Regional Security Architecture Program (RSAP) conducts studies and convenes dialogues among experts and stakeholders to arrive at a better understanding of the evolving security environment, the role of multilateral and other forms of security associations, and institutional developments affecting Philippine and regional security. RSAP will be a hub producing research, intelligent commentary, and policy briefs from leading experts and specialists in the Philippines and the wider Asia-Pacific region. Through RSAP, APPFI will network and partner with think tanks, governments, and other institutions in organizing research projects, workshops, and conferences on current and emerging groupings and associations that impact on regional security, including ASEAN, the East Asia Summit, and initiatives led by the United States and China, among others.
Recent Commentaries
- Hanoi: Navigating the Risky Waters of the South China Sea by Nguyen Phuong Ly
- Making "A Free and Open Indo-Pacific" Appealing to Southeast Asia by Lucio Blanco Pitlo III
- Learning New Tricks in the Indo-Pacific: The United States-Philippines Alliance by Dr. Gregory Winger
- The Security Agenda in Singapore's ASEAN Chairmanship by Florence Principe Gamboa and Julio Amador III
- ASEAN and the Indo Pacific in 2018 by Daniel Chua Wei Boon
- Regional Dynamics and Mechanisms for Security Cooperation by Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
- New Players, Ideas and Arrangements: The Quest to Counterbalance China by Philip Vincent Alegre