conflict Why Filipinos have come to embrace authoritarian ‘discipline’ July 3, 2019 1 Written by Wataru Kusaka. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. With no opposition candidates winning a single senatorial seat, President Rodrigo Duterte…
Elections Lok Sabha elections: The dangerous utopia of right-wing populism March 21, 2019 0 Written by Ibtisam Ahmed. Since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, there has been a string of victories worldwide for right-wing populist candidates, many of whom…
South China Sea Duterte’s Populism and Philippine Foreign Policy: Implications for China-Philippine Relations March 10, 2017 1 Written by Aries A. Arugay and Michael I. Magcamit. With barely one year in office, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared bold changes in…
Philippines Demystifying Duterte’s Populism in the Philippines February 22, 2017 2 Written by Bonn Juego. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is drawing global media attention. This is mostly due to his dirty mouth and his deadly war…
Drugs Fears of a Growing Tempest: Are Dark Clouds Looming Over Duterte’s Philippines? February 20, 2017 0 Written by Sylwyn C. Calizo Jr. For many, the 2016 Philippine presidential election was considered to be the turning point for a country crippled by decades-long corruption…
China Deng, Trump and the rise of authoritarianism November 7, 2016 2 Written by Johan Lagerkvist. Of all the mortifying words coming out of Donald Trump’s embouchure, his comment, in 1990, on China’s crushed democracy movement is one…
