China-Philippines Fishing in troubled waters: Defence status as an explanatory factor for Duterte’s soft stance in the West Philippine Sea August 16, 2019 0 Image credit: ‘Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก https://commons.wikimedia.org’ by Prachatai is licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. In July 2016, the verdict which…
Congress An alternative take on President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘overwhelming’ midterm election victory July 12, 2019 0 Written by Ronald U. Mendoza and Leonardo M. Jaminola III. Image Credit: Rodrigo Duterte ภาพจาก by Prachatai/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. President Rodrigo R. Duterte recently completed his…
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…
Belt and Road Initiative The balancing act ahead: Legislative options for the China-Philippines relationship after the midterm elections July 2, 2019 0 Written by Matthew Ordoñez. Image Credit: DSC08858 by mountain_MX/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The recently concluded 2019 midterm elections in the Philippines held on 13 May represent…
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,…
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 Rodrigo Duterte’s Sexism and its Impact on Filipino Women July 9, 2018 0 Written by Lyz Tab On the 4th of June, President Rodrigo Duterte courted controversy for kissing a woman on the lips during a press conference.…
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…
Uncategorized Southeast Asia’s Democratic Regression is Getting Worse October 3, 2017 1 Written by Joshua Kurlantzick. Over the past five years, as I have documented in a number of books, articles, and policy papers, Southeast Asia, once…
Philippines Trouble Overseas for Filipino Foreign Workers September 8, 2017 0 Written by Chris Weeks. Protecting overseas workers from modern-day slavery is a serious business for the Philippine government. The scale of employment migration and the…
