by Anna Thorner | Jun 21, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Divide and conquer – it is the ultimate strategy to bring downfall to a rather mighty opponent. Empires past have fallen to the same tactic; facing their ruin fragmented, alienated, and apart from one another. One could say that the art of politics is the same,...
by Anna Thorner | Jun 18, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Unequal gender representation has always been apparent in Philippine politics. Being predominantly Catholic, the Philippine electorate has historically sided with conservative candidates—particularly men. Despite this background, the Filipinos have already installed...
by Sage Foreman | Jun 5, 2024 | Arizona State University
American and Brazilian politics are intimately interconnected, and as a result have comparably similar social trends with misinformation, public trust, and violent tendencies. Following the 2020 American presidential election, there has been a rise in election...
by RAUL FRANCIS SOBERE | Jun 2, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In the Philippines, the late 2010s and early 2020s is a pivotal stage, to say the least, in terms of political mobility, activism, and administrative competencies. The Rodrigo Duterte administration took on an economic approach to development, specifically in terms of...
by JASPER PAGTALUNAN | May 23, 2024 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Antecedent to Leni Robredo’s declaration of her presidential candidacy in the 2022 Philippine elections, a vibrant pink becomes a beacon of hope initiating a people-led movement that soon rallied for the presidential aspirant’s “honest government” campaign “for a...
