Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
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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Mary Ann Quirapas-Franco
- Jan 28
- 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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Ronald Law
- Jan 4
- 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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Alexia Anne M. Suñaz
- Nov 11, 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...
273 views
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...
118 views
Dashell C. Yancha-Po
- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
Should the Philippines welcome refugees?
Some Considerations
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Joseph Franco
- Aug 16, 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...
225 views
Ariel Hernandez
- Aug 12, 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...
210 views
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...
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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...
2,435 views
Laurette Nicole P. Ramos
- Apr 15, 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...
671 views
Nathaniel Punongbayan Candelaria
- Apr 12, 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...
662 views
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...
986 views
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...
224 views
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....
470 views
Ronald Law
- Mar 6, 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...
185 views
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...
415 views
Noto Suoneto
- Feb 15, 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...
122 views
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
- Feb 8, 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...
130 views
Georgi Engelbrecht
- Feb 8, 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...
324 views
Jay Benson
- Feb 3, 2021
- 7 min
Violent Non-State Actors in the Maritime Space: Implications for the Philippines
Satellite imagery from Google Earth Violent non-state actors (VNSAs) such as terrorist and insurgent groups are increasingly turning to...
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Charmaine Misalucha-Willoughby
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Exploring the Next Phase of Security
The Covid-19 pandemic is the most pervasive issue in our midst today. The spread of pandemics has long been on the watchlist of security...
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Florence Gamboa, Deryk Baladjay & Julio Amador III
- Feb 1, 2021
- 7 min
COVID-19 and Duterte’s Independent Foreign Policy
Photo Source: Wikimedia COVID-19 is not necessarily a geopolitical event but its transborder and transnational scope inevitably affected...
282 views
Eula Bianca Villar, PhD
- Jan 3, 2021
- 5 min
Disaster Governance in the Time of Pandemic: A Reckoning with Complex Risks
The year 2020 demonstrates a departure from routine contexts in disaster management. The Philippines is considered as one of the most...
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RJ Marco Lorenzo Camarista Parcon
- Jan 3, 2021
- 5 min
The Importance of Localizing Humanitarian Action in the PH DRRM Process: Unpacking RA 10121
Introduction The 2016 World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) emphasized that humanitarian action should be as local as possible, as...
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Ronald Law
- Dec 16, 2020
- 4 min
Climate and Health Actions in the Time of COVID-19: Now or Never
Almost a year after the then-novel coronavirus epidemic broke out in Wuhan, China to become the COVID-19 pandemic of today, we are still...
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Stefania Coco Scalisi
- Dec 14, 2020
- 5 min
The Philippines between terrorism and political risk: an overview
A foreign policy aimed at the achievement of total security is the one thing I can think of that is entirely capable of bringing this...
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