Presented by Mr. Herman Kraft during the fourth panel of APPFI and Asian Center's Symposium titled "In Search of A China Strategy: Unpacking the Bilateral and Regional Dynamics of Philippines-China Relations" held on August 17-18, 2016 at the GT Toyota Center Auditorium, UP Diliman.
Mr. Herman Joseph Kraft is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines, where he teaches courses in International Relations (particularly on International Security broadly defined) and Comparative Politics (including Democratization and Human Rights in Southeast Asia). He has been involved in unofficial and informal dialogue mechanisms on security in Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific region since 1993. He has worked on and published articles and book chapters on regional security and security issues involving the Philippines and Southeast Asia.