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Pollution in Paradise: Is it already too late for the Philippines?

by Rob Christensen

All across the Philippines mounds of plastic pollution of varied sizes, can be found spread out across the lush, green vegetation that makes the Philippines so beautiful. Like a multicolored wound …

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What to expect when Trump and Kim sit down together in Hanoi?

by M G Martin

Next week President of the United States Donald Trump will meet with supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, to undertake the second summit between the …

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How Russia is a rising military power in the Asia-Pacific region

by dav

Many analysts have seen China’s rapidly growing naval power as a sign that Australia needs to rethink its defence strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Indeed, China has made remarkable strides …

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China’s economic interest in the Pacific comes with strings attached

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China’s economic expansion into the Pacific Islands region raises critical questions for both the islands and Australia. What happens if infrastructure loans by Chinese banks and authorised state enterprises to …

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Opinion: Who can claim victory after the Trump-Kim summit?

by Tom Fowdy

Tom Fowdy, a postgraduate student of Chinese studies at Oxford University, gives his take on this week’s meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un… Despite fears and upsets, the …

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Peace in Korea: Is there a bumpy road ahead with Kim in the driving seat?

by Tom Fowdy

“There is a real prospect of securing a peace regime on the Korean peninsula, however, the narrative Kim Jong-un had unilaterally capitulated to American demands in fear of the Trump …

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Analysis: Can Trump claim the credit for North Korea peace talks?

by Tom Fowdy

“Kim Jong-un’s shift towards diplomacy should not be interpreted as a capitulation to American demands, but a calculated strategy in dealing with President Trump’s bellicose approach. Utilising well-versed tactics of …

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Opinion: Philippines an ‘upper middle class’ country? I don’t think so…

by guest writer

This week, we reported how the government’s socioeconomic planning agency announced that the Philippines could become an ‘upper-middle class’ country by the end of next year. Here, Dwayne Krasko explains why he …

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Terrorist leaders in the Philippines are dead – will democracy be restored?

by M G Martin

For almost five months, 21 million people in the southern Philippines have been living under martial law. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in the province of Mindanao in …

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Mad, bad or misunderstood? What is Kim Jong Un really thinking?

by Timothy Walker

It’s been difficult to figure out the logic of Kim Jong Un’s recent nuclear grandstanding — many simply dismiss his actions as either madness or a deathwish. So, to make …

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Opinion: Is Asean experiencing a mid-life crisis?

by M G Martin

On August 8, 1967, foreign ministers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed the Bangkok Declaration to create the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, as it …

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Opinion: Duterte’s war on drugs shatters hopes of peace for a generation

by Timothy Walker

In this contributed editorial by Richard Jalkebro of Scotland’s University of St Andrews, the author argues that while the war on drugs continues, the nation’s fights on other fronts – …

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Opinion: Duterte’s smoking ban is a Pandora’s Box of unintended consequences

by Benjamin Johnson

Many smokers are (perhaps not very successfully) holding their breath to see exactly how the new smoking ban will pan out. Will it be like the ban on plastic bags …

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Deerhurst: War on three fronts that the president just can’t win

by Timothy Walker

You’d need a heart of stone not to pity President Duterte right now — he’s fighting three wars, and he can’t possibly win any of them. First, there’s his war …

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The long view: Asia’s dangerous new geopolitics

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The first week of July is not normally one that brings great events in world politics. Around that time, the northern hemisphere normally shifts into summer holiday mode. Recently, this …

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Duterte’s first year: “A human rights disaster the world prefers to ignore”

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Tom Smith, a lecturer in International Relations at the UK’s University of Portsmouth, gives his assessment of President Duterte as he passes his first year in office. The views of …

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A journalist’s view: Fighting back against the troll army

by dav

In the past decade, more than 800 journalists have been killed in the course of their work according to UNESCO, while hundreds more have been assaulted, imprisoned or harassed. The …

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President Duterte risks losing support if he gets too close to Donald Trump

by M G Martin

The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has become one of the world’s most notorious politicians. He revels in being referred to by nicknames such as “Duterte Harry”, “The Punisher”, …

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Even if Raqqa and Mosul fall, Islamic State is far from finished

by Timothy Walker

A long-awaited military campaign is underway to retake the key northern Syrian city of Raqqa from the so-called Islamic State (IS). With the group apparently losing territory and its de …

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Warship dispute ‘return to business as usual’ in South China Sea

by Timothy Walker

The South China Sea is a volatile place – or rather, its politics are. China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have been fighting over this azure stretch of …

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Is Saudi Arabia really trying to take the moral high ground on terror?

by Benjamin Johnson

Allegations about Qatar funding terrorism are nothing new. However, the sudden severing of ties by other Gulf and Middle Eastern states is the most serious consequence of these allegations so …

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Deerhurst: Lay off the insults Mr President, it’s not all about you

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I think somebody needs to remind President Duterte that although he is head of state of the Philippines, it’s not ‘all about him’ and his fragile ego. Yesterday, for example, …

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Jim Allen: Do we really need martial law? I doubt it…

by Timothy Walker

President Duterte has announced that Mindanao needs this very strict control of the population — with corresponding reduced civil liberties — because of the violence in Marawi City. Hmmm… This …

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After years of increasing freedom, is Southeast Asia now going backwards?

by guest writer

A lot of column inches have been written about the rise of populist politicians in the west, it seems a profound shift towards authoritarianism in Southeast Asia has been largely …

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Boracay drink ban: Will it be mother nature or the cops who get to clean up?

by Reece Ferguson

Call me cynical, but aren’t Boracay’s new no-drinking zones (to combat litter, apparently… seriously?) just another ploy by the most overrated part of the Philippines to grab more money from dumb drunk …

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Deerhurst: Police say cell hidden behind bookcase “wasn’t a secret”

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In-house police investigators have concluded that the jail cell carefully hidden behind a hinged bookcase at a Manila police station was not “secret” — and has cleared officers involved of …

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