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Review’s Radio: Discussing Wars on Drugs and the…
Almost five decades after Nixon infamously declared drug abuse as "public enemy number one" in the United States,…
A Decades-Old Storm: Professor Carolina G. Hernandez on…
With slowly intensifying conflicts brewing in the South China Sea, neighboring governments are constantly finding…
The Space of the Islamic State
ISIL is one of the first terrorist groups to proclaim itself a state and has in many ways been defined by its…
The Bangsamoro Basic Law: Impacts of Additional Autonomy…
The Filipino government's newly proposed act for an autonomous zone in the South of the country has shed some hope…
(New Year’s) Resolutions to Duterte’s War on…
A universal tradition as old as the occasion itself, the New Year's resolution is practised worldwide by…
Duterte’s War on the Poor: A Question of Bias
Over the past month, the Philippines has undergone a series of legislative changes that have exacerbated its…
ISIS Knocks on the Door of Southeast Asia
ISIS recently established a foothold in Southeast Asia with the capture of the city of Marawi, located on the…
The War on Journalism in the Philippines
On January 6, 2017, university professor and radio announcer Mario Contaoi was riding his motorbike on a national…
The Punisher’s Punishment: The Effectiveness of…
In the Philippines, the war on drugs still rages on. Reports on the deaths and killings related to the drug trade…
Duterte’s Fight for Reproductive Health Could…
In an ongoing polemic against the Catholic Church, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte recently issued an…
A Villain Among Heroes: Marcos’ burial in the…
The Marcos family has been attempting to move Ferdinand Marcos’ preserved remains, which have been memorialized…
An American Alliance in Confusion
This past week Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, made a state visit to Beijing where he gave a…