Challenges and gains in military relations between the Philippines and the United States

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Leslie V. Advincula-Lopez, Development Studies Program and Institute of Philippine Culture Ateneo de Manila University, explains how, "changes in the global socio-political environment forced the Philippines and the United States to continuously re-calibrate the forms and mechanisms of their defense cooperation.

The complex history of US-Philippine health partnerships

For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/Leslie V. Advincula-Lopez, Development Studies Program and Institute of Philippine Culture Ateneo de Manila University, explains that, "[l]ong before the term, global health diplomacy (GHD) became a buzzword in international relations, an efficient Philippine public health system... was a focal point of US-Philippine relations.