Philippines What is Duterte building in the Philippines? May 3, 2018 1 Written by Aileen Macalintal. A beauty pageant contestant in the Philippines was in hot water during a Q&A recently after revealing that she was clueless…
Philippines The Philippines in the Cold War: lessons for today April 6, 2018 0 Written by Elliot Newbold. In May 1947, Paul V. McNutt returned to the United States following his resignation as first US ambassador to the newly…
Philippines Reinterpreting Duterte’s independent foreign policy rhetoric March 29, 2018 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s independent and revisionist foreign policy became an enticing subject of political discourse by analysts as well…
Philippines Human Security as the Philippines’ National Security Strategy March 28, 2018 1 Written by Pauleen Gorospe. Military historian B.H. Liddell Hart describes a grand strategy as the means through which countries mobilise statecraft, including economic, military, cultural…
Peacebuilding The peace process experience in the Philippines February 28, 2018 0 Written by Jennifer Santiago Oreta. Democracy is at the heart of the peace process. The goal of the peace process is to remove the use…
ASEAN Philippines’ ASEAN Chairmanship: Gains and missed opportunities February 27, 2018 0 Written by Jeremie P. Credo. At the closing ceremony of the 31st ASEAN Summit on the 14 November 2017, the Philippines handed over the rotating…
Philippines Role Conception and Conduct of Duterte’s Security Policy January 31, 2018 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. Ideas and interests constitute the substance of a national security policy. They clarify the core values and strategic goals of…
Philippines Security Reform in the Philippines for 2018 January 29, 2018 0 Written by Jennifer Santiago Oreta. The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) efforts to reform after 1986 were largely fuelled by fear of political adventurism…
Philippines Imagining independence: America’s decolonisation of the Philippines January 29, 2018 0 Written by Elliot Newbold. The relationship between the Philippines and United States is paradoxically both tense and tender. Having been an American colony for over…
Marawi Crisis Will there be sustainable peace in Marawi in 2018? January 4, 2018 0 Written by Pauleen Gorospe. It came as no surprise when, on 13 December, the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives voted favourably for the extension…
