The Duterte Administration's Foreign Policy: Unravelling the Aquino Administration's Balancing Agenda on an Emergent China by Renato Cruz De Castro

“…However, the Duterte administration is unravelling its predecessor's balancing agenda by distancing itself from the United States and gravitating closer to China, despite the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) July 12 2016 award to the Philippines. …”
Get full text

Islands Apart: Explaining the Chinese Experience in the Philippines by Ethan Masucol, Jangai Jap, Amy H. Liu

Subjects: Get full text

The Philippines and the Maritime Security Order in Southeast Asia: The Risks of an Appeasement Policy on an Expansionist China by Renato Cruz De Castro

Subjects: Get full text

Caught Between Appeasement and Limited Hard Balancing: The Philippines’ Changing Relations With the Eagle and the Dragon by Renato Cruz De Castro

“…In conclusion, this article contends that the Duterte Administration is at the crossroads, figuring out if it will continue its appeasement stance or adopt a limited hard balancing policy towards China.…”
Get full text

The Ukraine-Russia War and Its Implications for Philippine Foreign Policy: Pushing Further to a Limited Hard Balancing Policy towards China by Renato Cruz De Castro

“…This alarmed the Duterte Administration at the time it was shifting policy towards China from appeasement to limited hard balancing. …”
Get full text

“. . .delivered from the lie of being truth”: The Affective Force of Disinformation, Stickiness and Dissensus in Randy Ribay’s Patron Saints of Nothing by Vincent Pacheco, Jeremy De Chavez

“…Waged in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed over 20,000 lives according to human rights groups. The Duterte administration’s own count is significantly lower: around 6,000. …”
Get full text

That Ship Has Sailed: China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Marcos Administration by Charmaine MISALUCHA-WILLOUGHBY, Elaine TOLENTINO

“…China’s BRI missed its chance of capitalising on the political climate during the Duterte administration.…”
Get full text

Bowed, Bent, & Broken: Duterte's Assaults on Civil Society in the Philippines by Aries A Arugay, Justin Keith A Baquisal

“…However, it came under attack under the populist, illiberal Duterte administration (2016–2022) through intimidation, persecution, massive disinformation, and even outright violence. …”
Get full text

The Spectacle of Violence in Duterte's “War on Drugs” by Danilo Andres Reyes

“…I argue that, under the Duterte administration, criminals are humiliated and killed in a spectacle of violence that politicises their lives, sending a message that intimidates others. …”
Get full text

Preventing other ‘Marawis’ in the southern Philippines by Franco, Joseph

“…Winning a kinetic campaign against violent extremist organisations like the Maute Group is insufficient in itself to prevent the eruption of other ‘Marawis’ in the future. The Duterte Administration should craft a cohesive countering violent extremism strategy. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Exploring the Philippines’ Evolving Grand Strategy in the Face of China's Maritime Expansion: From the Aquino Administration to the Marcos Administration by Renato Cruz De Castro

“…In 2016, the succeeding Duterte administration pursued an appeasement policy; in 2018, it shifted to a limited hard balancing policy because of (a) continuing Chinese coercive actions against Armed Forces of the Philippines units in Philippines-occupied land features in the South China Sea and (b) China's failure to deliver on its promised public investments in the country's infrastructure building programme. …”
Get full text

Civil Society Participation as a Building Block of Good Governance: The Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines Experience by Dixon Yasay

“…BUB has been anchored on strong community involvement, open government, and people’s multifaceted agenda for the City, even in the face of the Duterte administration’s plan to replace BUB with a relatively similar system, the Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities Program (ADMP). …”
Get full text

US-Philippines Security Relations (1991–2016) by Nataliya Gorodnia

“…-Philippines security relations in 1991-2016, between signing an agreement to extend a rent of Subic Bay Naval base by the U.S. and inauguration of R. Duterte administration. The research has revealed three periods in the U.S.…”
Get full text