by Diego Magallona | Dec 9, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
The Philippines opened the 30th Southeast Asian Games this year with a performance celebrating the country’s indigenous cultures. A day earlier, indigenous Aeta communities were given a notice evicting them from their ancestral lands. These Aeta families – up to 500...
by Edcel John Ibarra | Dec 2, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
A review of salient cases that have been considered by the Supreme Court suggests a judiciary largely unwilling to rule against the president. Three years in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte has already sworn in three chief justices of the Philippines’ Supreme...
by Edcel John Ibarra | Nov 9, 2019 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
China is unhappy with the growing use of the term “sharp power” to describe its overseas influence activities. Unfortunately, its criticism is unfounded. China is unhappy with the growing use of the term “sharp power” to describe its overseas influence activities. A...
by Jocelyn Best-Silva | May 2, 2019 | Georgia State University
In January, the speaker of the Mongolian Parliament was removed from office after large scale protests over political corruption. Just two years ago, their Parliament also removed the Prime Minister and his cabinet for corruption. With so many politicians being...
by Wenquan Xiao | Apr 28, 2019 | University of Chicago
Early results of the 2019 Indonesian elections indicate that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has secured a second term in office. A quick vote count on April 17 shows that Widodo won 55% of the vote, while his challenger, former army general Prabowo Subianto, received...
