A humanitarian crisis is ongoing in the Chinese province of Xinjiang under President Xi Jinping. According to several reports, upwards of a million ethnic Muslims, the Uighurs, are detained in …
You Can’t Impeach a Messiah
You Can’t Impeach a Messiah Officials from the Trump administration and the President himself have made fairly outlandish claims since Trump’s …
Are we looking at a future populist in the Philippines?
What was once crowded with huge amount of trash and foul-smelling sidewalks, the Divisoria district in the Philippines’ capital city, Manila, was cleared of street vendors just two days after Mayor …
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Is There Judicial Independence in Duterte’s Philippines?
A review of salient cases that have been considered by the Supreme Court suggests a judiciary largely unwilling to rule against the president. Three years in his term, President Rodrigo Duterte has …
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Beyond the Yellow and Red Politics of the Philippines
In the Philippine Politics, you either belong to a “Dilaw” [Yellow] camp or to a DDS [Diehard Duterte Supporter] camp. “Dilaw” is the disparaging term for the critics of the country’s leading …
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South Africa’s Democracy is facing a Quarter-Life Crisis and the ANC is at fault
"We once more look to the ANC to provide leadership in creating the circumstances for our people to enjoy and exercise the democratic rights for which we all fought so bravely and with so much …