About Us
WPS (We Protect our Seas) is a non-government, nonprofit, and nonpartisan volunteer-based organization duly registered with the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission. WPS, Inc. seeks to advance principled approaches to resolving disputes in the West Philippine Sea and the broader South China Sea through rigorous research and dialogues involving academia, public policy, military, and industry throughout Southeast Asia and beyond.
WPS is the coordinating organization of The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea and the ASEAN Maritime Security Dialogue, two high profile track 1.5 processes that promote a free, open, secure and rules-based maritime order in the region.
Projects/Events
WPS serves as a hub for local and international organizations both in government and the private sector to convene track 1.5 and 2 dialogues, conferences, workshops, educational outreach, and capacity-building projects that promote a free, open, secure and rules-based maritime order in the region.
WPS Mural Festival Live Painting Event
Manila, Philippines — In commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor), artists, youth groups, and fisherfolk came together for a live mural…
National Symposium on the Law of the Sea and the West Philippine Sea
Manila, Philippines — WPS, University of the Philippines - Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea (UP IMLOS), and University of Asia and…
National Symposium to Clarify Legal and Historical Truths on the West Philippine Sea on the 10th Year of the Arbitral Award
Manila, Philippines — March 18, 2026 — The WPS Foundation, in partnership with the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs and…
WPS Advisory Board Convenes to Discuss Research and Dialogue Initiatives
Manila, Philippines — On March 12, 2026, WPS President and CEO Dr. Jeffrey Ordaniel convened the WPS Advisory Board to discuss upcoming research and…
Media
WPS makes real contributions to advancing a rules-based maritime order from an academic and policy perspective through the dialogues, conferences, workshops and research activities we organize. Below are some of our latest engagements.
The quiet power of art in the fight for the West Philippine Sea
By the time glasses were raised inside Shangri-La The Fort on February 10, the room was already…
Artists, filmmakers unite to fight West Philippine Sea misinformation thru nationwide mural festival
TAGUIG CITY (PIA) — A filmmaker and a global muralist launched a nationwide mural festival Tuesday…
2025 Dialogue on ASEAN Maritime Security
KAS Philippines is honored to have participated in the recently concluded 2025 Dialogue on ASEAN…
ASEAN maritime security dialogue set in Manila on May 21-23, 2025
Member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to convene for a…
The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea 2024
KAS Philippines is pleased to share the Outcome Document from "The Manila Dialogue on the South…