(UPDATE) THE 'assertive transparency' tactic of using visual evidence to expose China's aggression in the West Philippine Sea has been working well for the Philippines, according to a defense and security paper published this week by the Stratbase ADR Institute for Strategic and International Studies.

In the special study issued by the Philippine-based think tank titled 'Game Changer: The Philippines' Assertive Transparency Campaign Against China (How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook),' it was emphasized that the public shaming tactic could be the Philippines' 'indispensable contribution to an increasingly contentious and dangerous global gray zone fight.'