Enrico V. Gloria
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Enrico V. Gloria is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University and an Assistant Professor of International Relations (on study leave) at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Oct 03, 2025
China’s leaders present peace as “inevitable,” yet Southeast Asia’s response is uneven, marked by cautious optimism in some quarters and deep mistrust in others. With Beijing placing neighborhood diplomacy at the heart of its foreign policy, the credibility of its peace promise is best judged through Southeast Asian perceptions and experiences.
