Civil society Reforming an ‘evil’ party-list system July 1, 2019 0 Written by Julio C. Teehankee. Image Credit: Election Posters by David Stanley/CC; Licence: CC BY 2.0. At the end of the hotly contested 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines,…
Climate Change Understanding the challenge of improving road-based public transport services in the Philippines June 28, 2019 0 Written by Marie Danielle V. Guillen. Image Credit: Mall Traffic by Jimmy Hilario/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. There has been a trend towards increasing vehicle fleet growth…
Crime Militarising the police, constabularising the military: Insights on Philippine public safety and security strategy June 3, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase Image Credit:Image Credit: Philippine National Police Train with JIATF West by JIATF West/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC 2.0. In an article…
Ethnic Minorities Peacebuilding from the grassroots: Resolving conflicts in Mindanao April 1, 2019 0 Written by Julius Cesar Trajano. The peace process between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was hailed as a significant step…
Cambodia Southeast Asia – drifting towards Digital Authoritarianism? March 15, 2019 0 Written by Jason Abbott. In the West, the principal concern of most digital activists relates to privacy issues surrounding the collection of data by governments…
Activism Are social media destroying democracy in Southeast Asia? March 14, 2019 0 Written by Ross Tapsell. Recent literature has argued that social media use encourages authoritarianism. Ronald J. Deibert’s January 2019 article in Journal of Democracy argues…
Asia Replaying history, or why the Philippines should participate in the Commonwealth Games February 20, 2019 0 Written by Lou Antolihao. In what appeared to be the most controversial event in the recent 2018 Commonwealth Games, video replays confirmed England sprinter Zharnel…
Asia Small state security syndrome: understanding the Philippines’ National Security Strategy February 19, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. My continuing research interest in the Philippines’ first ever publication of a National Security Strategy (NSS) in 2018 is driven…
Culture and Society Pampering London with Pinoy care January 11, 2019 0 Written by Aileen Macalintal. Patricia ‘Patchot’ Manuel, 33, has just finished her 12-hour nursing duty at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for babies. Over dinner…
Philippines Strategic Ambiguity: Deconstructing Duterte’s 2018 National Security Strategy October 1, 2018 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. A country’s National Security Strategy (NSS) contains guidelines and action-plans to promote national interests and protect the nation from threats…
