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    Food Security: An Important Issue in the 2022 Election
    Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
    • Feb 21
    • 5 min

    Food Security: An Important Issue in the 2022 Election

    National and local elections will be held on May 9, 2022. During this time, Filipinos will choose candidates at various levels to replace...
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    Why Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia?
    Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco
    • Jan 27
    • 6 min

    Why Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia?

    Photo by Jeremy Bezanger on Unsplash As the global population and economy grow, energy demand also increases. Southeast Asian countries...
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    Heeding the High Call for Health Security
    Ronald Law
    • Jan 3
    • 4 min

    Heeding the High Call for Health Security

    Photo Source: Business Mirror As three seasons absurdly converge in the Philippines – emergencies and disaster, elections, the Holidays –...
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    International Relations Perspectives on Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Response
    Alexia Anne M. Suñaz
    • Nov 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    International Relations Perspectives on Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Response

    The COVID-19 pandemic characterizes the 21st-century world experience through its interweaving effects in various sectors. It displays...
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    Securitizing COVID-19
    Florence Gamboa, Deryk Baladjay & Julio Amador III
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 5 min

    Securitizing COVID-19

    Photo Source: SCMP How to deal with a non-traditional human security challenge such as the COVID-19 pandemic? The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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    Should the Philippines welcome refugees?
    Dashell C. Yancha-Po
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 7 min

    Should the Philippines welcome refugees?

    Some Considerations
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    Business as usual for regional counter-terrorism strategies in Southeast Asia
    Joseph Franco
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    Business as usual for regional counter-terrorism strategies in Southeast Asia

    Ground Zero or Main Battle Area in Marawi. (Photo Source: Wikimedia/PIA) Southeast Asian states continue to confront violent extremist...
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    Between Disaster Resilience & Energy Security – The Imperative for a PH Climate Change Discourse
    Ariel Hernandez
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    Between Disaster Resilience & Energy Security – The Imperative for a PH Climate Change Discourse

    Photo Source: CNN Philippines/Gab Mejia The Philippines is one of the countries that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate...
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    Security Risks and Challenges in BARMM
    Ann Febel Bajo
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 4 min

    Security Risks and Challenges in BARMM

    Photo Source: Inquirer The decommissioning of 40,000 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels and recorded estimation of 7,000...
    350 views0 comments
    Sustainable Energy Transition of the Poor Rural Communities in the Philippines
    Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 6 min

    Sustainable Energy Transition of the Poor Rural Communities in the Philippines

    Introduction In the global context, a developing country like the Philippines tries to address the lack of energy access and security by...
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    The Philippine Securitization of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Insecurity of Filipinos
    Laurette Nicole P. Ramos
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Philippine Securitization of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Insecurity of Filipinos

    The Securitization theory offers a way to present issues as an existential threat, thereby legitimizing the use of necessary measures to...
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    The Philippines’ Food Security Situation in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Ways
    Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
    • Apr 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Philippines’ Food Security Situation in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Ways

    Introduction In 1996, the World Food Summit defined food security as the condition “when all people, at all times, have physical and...
    614 views0 comments
    Self-Defense Against NonState Actors & Recent US Military Strike in Syria: Considerations for the PH
    Johaira C. Wahab
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 10 min

    Self-Defense Against NonState Actors & Recent US Military Strike in Syria: Considerations for the PH

    Photo Source: Ivan Omar Hassib Background On February 25, 2021, the US conducted a “targeted military strike” on a facility in Syria used...
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    Revisiting the U.S.-China 5G Race:  New Sheriff, Same Stakes
    Keith Cabaluna Detros
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    Revisiting the U.S.-China 5G Race: New Sheriff, Same Stakes

    Photo Source: The Fast Mode The Biden Administration ushers a transition in United States’ foreign policies, most of which overturns...
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    For Protection or Interests? Analyzing the Securitization of the Philippines on Marine Pollution
    Alicia Nicole Cruz
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 6 min

    For Protection or Interests? Analyzing the Securitization of the Philippines on Marine Pollution

    Securitization is the process of moving an issue into the security sphere to legitimize the use of extraordinary measures to address it....
    469 views0 comments
    Thinking the Next Phase of the Pandemic
    Ronald Law
    • Mar 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Thinking the Next Phase of the Pandemic

    With the arrival of the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to our shores after a long wait, moments of jubilation to celebrate this...
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    Saving Lupah Sug: A Proposal to End Local Armed Conflict in Sulu
    Ann Febel Bajo
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 4 min

    Saving Lupah Sug: A Proposal to End Local Armed Conflict in Sulu

    Photo Source: BBC On April 17, 2020, 11 soldiers were killed in a firefight between government forces and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). It...
    405 views0 comments
    COVID-19 and Its Threat to Global Security
    Noto Suoneto
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 5 min

    COVID-19 and Its Threat to Global Security

    COVID-19 is not the first pandemic. Treating the international spread of infectious disease as a matter of high politics also not a new...
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    Why Articulate A National Space Policy: The Indo-Pacific Context
    Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 3 min

    Why Articulate A National Space Policy: The Indo-Pacific Context

    Though the emerging security competition in the Indo-Pacific region gets a lot of attention, much of that is limited to the diplomatic...
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    Bangsamoro’s Potential for Regional Gains
    Georgi Engelbrecht
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Bangsamoro’s Potential for Regional Gains

    Photo Source: Wikimedia The recently established Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) offers new hope for a peaceful...
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