EXPLAINER: What is Pax Silica and why are people worried?

Pax Silica and the Philippines: Risks behind the promise

DESPITE the government’s celebration of the Philippines’ entry into Pax Silica, the United States-led initiative to secure semiconductor supply chains and build artificial...

EXPLAINER: What is Pax Silica and why are people worried?

With artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly developing, countries are racing to keep up — and the United States is hoping to take the lead through Pax Silica.

Why Pax Silica is bad for the Philippines

While Pax Silica is framed as a promising venture between two longtime allies against China, history shows a picture of wanton labor exploitation, aggressive land conversion and expansion, and massive resource extraction. With the US-led initiative of Pax Silica gaining headline-after-headline in news outlets, its supporters often framed by it as a way of modernizing the Philippine economy. However, stripped of the geopolitical vocabulary and pr…

Pax Silica Hub Promises Jobs And Growth In Tarlac, But Displacement And Resource Disputes Remain Unresolved

The Philippines has joined Pax Silica, a US-led coalition countering China’s dominance in tech supply chains, and is set to host the initiative’s first Economic Security Zone in New Clark City, Tarlac. Government officials cite major job and revenue projections, while farmers’ groups, Indigenous advocates, and environmental organizations dispute the project’s water use, displacement estimates, and long-term economic terms. A Coalition The Philip…

What Is Pax Silica and Why Is Everyone Talking About It?

What is Pax Silica? Learn why the proposed tech hub in New Clark City could transform the Philippine economy and why it has sparked debate.