In this B-Side episode, Collin Koh, a research fellow at RSIS, elaborated on the lessons the Philippines and the region should take away from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. “It is important for countries to seek diplomacy, but also to seek readiness to respond to contingency — in this case, a credible military for both big and small states alike,” Dr Koh tells BusinessWorld reporter Luz Wendy T. Noble.