A recent investigative report by journalist Nick Aspinwall published on Drop Site News has uncovered alarming evidence that U.S.-supplied military helicopters are being used in operations in the Philippines that local communities describe as indiscriminate and deadly. I provided my analysis of the situation wherein what was intended as part of regional defense cooperation is…

In May, Creating Safer Space Research Network co-organized a side event on “Civilian-Centred Approaches and POC in a Changing World: Moving from Policy to Practice” for the United Nations’ Protection of Civilians week 2025 in New York. Creating Safer Space Co-Investigator Dr Nerve Macaspac joined speakers from the Permanent Mission to the UN of the…