Date and Time: October 12th (Wed.), 2016, 16:00 – 18:00 Place: Meeting Room (Room No. 107) on the 1st floor of East building, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Title: The Hazy Future of the Philippine Archipelago Speaker: Ms. Criselda Yabes, Asia Leadership Fellow, Japan Foundation and the International House of Japan Moderator: Caroline Hau, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: This talk will focus on why and how the Philippine military missed out on modernizing or upgrading its external defense capability, and discusses the implications and aftermath of The Hague's abitration ruling last July 2016 on the maritime dispute between the Philippines and China in the South China Sea. Brief [ Read More ]