PHIL ALEGRE

Mr. Phil Alegre is a 2026 Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and a recipient of the 2025-2026 Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholars Initiative Award. He was a 2025-2026 Non-Resident Vasey Fellow at the Hawaii-based think tank Pacific Forum. Mr. Alegre is a graduate of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in the United States and the Yeosu Academy on the Law of the Sea by the Korea Maritime Institute. He has also completed the Security Sector Governance and Reform Program of the Folke Bernadotte Academy of Sweden. Mr. Alegre’s research interests lie at the intersection of geopolitics, foreign and defense policy, great power competition, and maritime security — particularly the Philippines’ role in upholding sovereignty, defending its maritime entitlements, and navigating strategic alliances.

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