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  1. This explains the durability of the Philippine-U.S. alliance.

    Article • Defence Studies, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  2. Caught Between Appeasement and Limited Hard Balancing: The Philippines’ Changing Relations With the Eagle and the Dragon

    Article • Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, February 2022, SAGE Publications

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  3. Challenging China’s Maritime Expansion in the South China Sea from the Aquino to the Duterte Administrations

    Article • East Asian Policy, July 2021, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  4. The article discusses the impact of the U.S.-China strategic competition on ASEAN.

    Article • Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, May 2021, SAGE Publications

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  5. The article examines the prospect of down-grading the RP-US alliance to a security partnership.

    Article • The Pacific Review, November 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  6. This article explains how Philippine foreign policy is changing from appeasement to soft-balancing.

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  7. This article examines the limits of the ASEAN's intergovernmental approach.

    Article • Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, July 2020, SAGE Publications

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  8. Three Scenarios for Asia's Changing Regional Order

    Article • Asia Policy, January 2020, Project Muse

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  9. The article links the Duterte Administration's appeasement policy with China's BRI .

    Article • East Asia, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  10. It is about the several insurgent groups challenging the government.

    Article • April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  11. The article examines the role of fear in the Duterte Administration's foreign policy.

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  12. The Obama Administration's Strategic Rebalancing to Asia: Quo Vadis in 2017?

    Article • Pacific Focus, August 2018, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  13. It is an overview of Philippine-China relations.

    Article • February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  14. The article discusses the recent developments in Philippine-U.S. alliance.

    Article • Philippine Political Science Journal, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  15. Developing a Credible Defense Posture for the Philippines: From the Aquino to the Duterte Administrations

    Article • Asian Politics & Policy, October 2017, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  16. The article examines Philippine-Japan security partnership/

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  17. The Duterte Administration's Foreign Policy: Unravelling the Aquino Administration's Balancing Agenda on an Emergent China

    Article • December 2016, SAGE Publications

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  18. Facing Up to China’s Realpolitik Approach in the South China Sea Dispute: The Case of the 2012 Scarborough Shoal Stand-off and Its Aftermath

    Article • Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  19. This article examines how a small power adjust to systemic changes in East Asia.

    Article • Asian Security, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  20. Philippine foreign policy from 2001 to 2016

    Article • Asian Politics & Policy, April 2016, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  21. The Strategic Balance in East Asia and the Small Powers: The Case of the Philippines in the Face of the South China Sea Dispute

    Article • Pacific Focus, April 2016, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  22. The article discusses the Philippines use of lawfare against China after 2012 .

    Article • Asian Perspective, January 2015, Project Muse

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  23. Philippine Strategic Culture: Continuity in the Face of Changing Regional Dynamics

    Article • Contemporary Security Policy, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  24. Linking Spokes Together: The Philippines' Gambit of Harnessing the United States' Alliances in its External Balancing Policy against an Emergent China

    Article • Pacific Focus, April 2014, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  25. The Aquino Administration's Balancing Policy against an Emergent China: Its Domestic and External Dimensions

    Article • Pacific Affairs, March 2014, Pacific Affairs

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  26. China and Japan in maritime Southeast Asia: extending their geo-strategic rivalry by competing for friends

    Article • Philippine Political Science Journal, December 2013, Brill

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  27. The Philippines in 2012

    Article • Asian Survey, February 2013, University of California Press

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  28. The Risk of Applying Realpolitik in Resolving the South China Sea Dispute: Implications on Regional Security*

    Article • Pacific Focus, August 2012, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  29. The Philippines in 2011

    Article • Asian Survey, February 2012, University of California Press

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  30. Weakness and Gambits in Philippine Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century

    Article • Pacific Affairs, December 2010, Pacific Affairs

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  31. Engaging both the Eagle and the Dragon: The Philippines' Precarious and Futile Attempt in Equi-balancing

    Article • Pacific Focus, November 2010, Wiley

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  32. The twenty-first century Armed Forces of the Philippines: orphan of counter-insurgency or military geared for the long war of the century?

    Article • Contemporary Politics, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  33. Abstract of Counter-Insurgency in the Philippines and the Global War on Terror. Examining the Dynamics of the Twenty-first Century Long Wars

    Article • European Journal of East Asian Studies, January 2010, Brill

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  34. Confronting militant Islam in Southeast Asia: the case of the Abu Sayyaf Group in the Philippines

    Article • Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  35. Exploring a 21st-Century Japan-Philippine Security Relationship: Linking Two Spokes Together?

    Article • Asian Survey, July 2009, University of California Press

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  36. The US-Philippine Alliance: An Evolving Hedge Against an Emerging China Challenge

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, January 2009, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  37. Exploring Southeast Asia’s twenty-first century defence economies

    Article • November 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  38. The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the Revival of Populism/Neo-Populism in 21st Century Philippine Politics

    Article • Asian Survey, December 2007, University of California Press

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  39. 21st Century Chinese Arms Modernization and Statecraft in Southeast Asia

    Article • Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  40. Twenty-First Century Philippine–American Security Relations: Managing an Alliance in the War of the Third Kind

    Article • Asian Security, August 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  41. Exploring the Prospect of China's Peaceful Emergence in East Asia

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, May 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  42. Politics in Command: The Case of the US Proposal for an FTA with the Philippines

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, December 2005, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  43. Philippine Defense Policy in the 21st Century: Autonomous Defense or Back to the Alliance?

    Article • Pacific Affairs, October 2005, Pacific Affairs

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  44. Regionalism and Multilateralism: Essays on Cooperative Security in the Asia‑ Pacific

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, August 2005, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  45. U.S. War on Terror in East Asia: The Perils of Preemptive Defense in Waging a War of the Third Kind

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  46. Congressional Intervention in Philippine Post-Cold War Defense Policy, 1991–2003

    Article • Philippine Political Science Journal, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  47. Addressing International Terrorism in Southeast Asia: A Matter of Strategic or Functional Approach?

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, August 2004, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  48. THE REVITALIZED PHILIPPINE-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONS: A Ghost from the Cold War or an Alliance for the 21st Century?

    Article • Asian Survey, November 2003, University of California Press

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  49. Probing into the Legality of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Claim to Sovereignty Over the Spratly Islands

    Article • Philippine Political Science Journal, December 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  50. Whither Geoeconomics? Bureaucratic Inertia in U.S. Post-Cold War Foreign Policy toward East Asia

    Article • Asian Affairs An American Review, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  51. Interactive Naval Developments of Three Northeast Asian States

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, December 1995, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  52. Interactive Naval Developments of Three Northeast Asian States

    Article • Contemporary Southeast Asia, December 1995, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro

  53. The Triad of Twenty-first Century Counter-Terrorism

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Distinguished University Professor Renato Cruz De Castro