On VP Sara Duterte’s Disturbing Press Conference: More of a Political Suicide than an Exhibition of…Vice President Sara Duterte has become a controversial figure lately. After declaring that the “Uniteam” honeymoon with President Marcos…Oct 27Oct 27
Why Nuclear Weapons are Instruments for Peace? The More Nuclear Weapons, the BetterInternational Security scholars such as John Mearsheimer and Kenneth Waltz have long argued that the more nuclear weapons it may render the…Oct 12Oct 12
The Church as the First Modern BureaucracyHow did the Investiture Conflict and the introduction of Celibacy give rise to “modern bureaucracies” that European states later…Sep 20Sep 20
Reflection on the Agora (2009) Movie in Relation to Philippine Societal SettingsAgora is an action-packed thought-provoking movie set in classic Ancient Rome Empire in Alexandria, Egypt. I cannot help but relate the…Sep 20Sep 20
China v. Philippines: South China Sea Maritime Zone Entitlement vs. Maritime DelimitationWhen the Philippines filed a “Notification and Statement of Claim”, the document that initiated the arbitral case against China before the…Jun 29Jun 29
A Specter of War: The Likeliness of a War in Asia (A Neorealist Account)“If a Filipino citizen is killed by a willful act, that is, I think, very, very close to what we define as an act of war and therefore we…Jun 7Jun 7
WEST PHILIPPINE SEA, ATIN ITO: The Nationalistic Narrative Implications and the Legalist Technical…“Do the Philippines and, we, the Filipinos own the West Philippine Sea?”Jun 6Jun 6
On Opposite Ends of Political Economic SpectrumI was among those laymen who were bewildered to the point of being perplexed by the highly debatable spectacle concerning what is the most…May 27May 27
The Concept of Isomorphic Mimicry: A Grand Scheme of Deception in Philippine Political DevelopmentIn the Philippines, there is this seeming banal preference among politicos to gauge political development, legacy, or even success thereof…May 27May 27
Mao Zedong and Maoists’ Guerrilla Warfare Basic Tenets1. Guerilla warfare as a military strategy is based upon “alertness, mobility, and attack”. Furthermore, it took advantage of “familiarity…May 27May 27
