Talk of the Town: WPS: Preparing our children for the future

Comments on “WPS: Preparing our children for the future,” (On the Move by Segundo Eclar Romero, 8/19/25) via https://opinion.inquirer.net:
“In politics, ‘multi-alignment’ is a foreign policy strategy where a country forges diplomatic, economic, and security relationships with multiple and sometimes competing global powers and blocs. It’s a form of strategic hedging that allows a nation to protect and advance its own interests without being tied to a single, rigid alliance.”
Flexibilitywork
There are larger forces behind what is happening in this region and beyond. This is a geopolitical rivalry between powerful hegemons. How our leaders navigate this competition will be an existential question. Survive or perish?
Hedging
There’s another big kid, and he’s fighting but also working with the biggest. And there are other small kids, and they’re picking on that smaller kid.
Monk Manuel