The ‘war on drugs’ in Philippines became an orgy of violence accounting for many thousands of deaths.
- Associate Professor in International Relations & Academic Director of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, University of Portsmouth
Aux Philippines, les clans Marcos et Duterte sont en conflit ouvert, motivés par leurs ambitions politiques respectives. Mais cette lutte de pouvoir occulte les enjeux prioritaires de la population.
The Philippines is recovering from six destructive typhoons in the past month. But its leaders are busily fighting among themselves.
Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is playing a delicate game of great power relations between Beijing and Washington.
Newly elected Philippines president Bongbong Marcos faces huge challenges, and a backdrop of his father’s dictatorship.
The son of former Filipino dictator is leading the polls as the country approaches a national election.
The 2022 Philippines presidential election could be a battle between, or an alliance of, two controversial political dynasties.
Cómo Maria Ressa convirtió una página de Facebook en el servicio de noticias independiente más creíble de Filipinas frente a la intimidación del gobierno.
How Maria Ressa grew a Facebook page into the Philippines’ most credible independent news services in the face of government intimidation.
The sad reality is that Duterte’s murderous and corrupt brand of politics will be hard to displace.
ABS-CBN, the Philippines main broadcaster, was ordered off air on May 5, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
The US could be losing a key ally to China. But it has less to do with Trump’s foreign policy and everything to do with a drug war in the Philippines.
The arrest of a high-profile journalist in the Philippines has been rightly condemned. But the abuses she has been reporting continue daily.
Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarianism has progressed from death squads and martial law to cracking down on press freedom.
Just because a group waves the IS flag or claims to be its friend doesn’t mean a global insurgency is underway.
It turns out that the president of the Philippines is exactly who he said he was.
Trump’s attack on Assad’s air force was opportunist and reckless. It was also long overdue.
Long regarded as something approaching a saint, Myanmar’s de facto head of state appears to be running out of moral capital.
A major insurgency is humiliating the Filipino army and sucking in huge ransoms – but all anyone wants to talk about is Islamic State.
Calling Barack Obama a ‘son of a whore’ was just another PR disaster for a country already subject to lazy stereotypes.
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