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November 1, 2018

Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia’s Populism Is Different but Also Dangerous

The region’s fast-growing but fragile democracies have been susceptible to strongmen and autocratic-leaning populists in recent years, propelled by concerns over inequality, crime, and dysfunctional …

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March 13, 2017

Asia
Duterte and ASEAN

Richard Javad Heydarian is a specialist in Asian geopolitical/economic affairs based in Manila.   After upending Asian geopolitics over the past year, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte now i…

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January 24, 2023

Democracy
The Bill of Obligations

A provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if American democracy is to survive.

September 1, 2016

Asia
Is Duterte Upending Philippine Foreign Policy?

Richard Javad Heydarian is an assistant professor in political science at De La Salle University in Manila, and, most recently, the author of Asia’s New Battlefield: The U.S., China, and the Struggle…

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June 24, 2022

Philippines
What Can Be Learned From Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s First Weeks in Office?

The early days of the Marcos Jr. administration may preview the remainder of his term.

Philippine president-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, attends a news conference at his headquarters in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on May 23, 2022.