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Renato Cruz De Castro

Distinguished Professor, Department of International Studies, De La Salle University

Renato Cruz De Castro is a distinguished professor at the Department of International Studies, De La Salle University, Manila, and holds the Dr. Aurelio Calderon Chair in Philippines-American Relations. As a member of the Board of Trustees of the Albert Del Rosario Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ADRI), he writes monthly opinion columns for the Philippine Star and Business World. In 2019, the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Political Science Association (PPSA) declared Professor De Castro to be the most prolific Filipino political scientist in terms of scholarly publications and one of the top ten Filipino political scientists in terms of the number of citations. He earned his PhD from the Government and International Studies Department of the University of South Carolina as a Fulbright scholar in 2001. He obtained his bachelor's and two master's degrees from the University of the Philippines.

Articles by Renato Cruz De Castro

Politics

The US-Japan-Philippines triad: Part of the US's trilateral security networks around China

Philippine academic Renato Cruz De Castro discusses the prospect of a trilateral Japan-US-Philippines defence pact and the US's building of informal trilateral networks in the Asia Pacific to safeguard its interests against China. However, he notes that there are practical issues to be resolved before a formal agreement can materialise.

Renato Cruz De Castro

Politics

Can the Philippines stay neutral in a Taiwan Strait military confrontation between the US and China?

Philippine academic Renato Cruz De Castro asserts that the Philippines will have to fall back on the strength of the Philippines-US alliance in the face of a possible US-China armed stand-off in the Taiwan Strait.

Renato Cruz De Castro