ASEAN Human Rights Declaration: Now and the road ahead
The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration, a nonbinding instrument that was adopted in 2012, must be transformed into an actionable framework to meet today’s needs, and one pathway…
Dealing with Trump’s comeback
Trade and defence are early flash points. Trump has long believed that the network of US alliances and the free-trade regime has allowed countries to take advantage of the US.…
Trump and autocratic leaders
What is being rejected by citizens in democratic countries, is the kind of economic system that has piggybacked on or has been partnered with political democracy.
Is Trump bad news for Malaysia?
The ASEAN summit, with or without President-elect Trump, will of course still go on as other world leaders from China, Russia, Japan will be attending but it is a test for PM…
The long wait for a woman president
But democracy is the real winner in this consequential contest because the speed with which Trump was declared the undisputed winner and the early decision of Harris to concede…
Duterte, Trump, and the question of ‘fascism’
Perhaps no thinker has better described what we are confronting in our era than the Italian philosopher Umberto Eco, who forwarded the concept of “Ur-Fascism,” namely a less…
Divided nation chooses US president in a bitter, closely fought race
Today, Americans go to the polls to choose their president, as well as winners in a slew of Congressional and local races. The US and the world await their verdict with bated…
Mail-in, early ballots to decide US polls
A good number, about 68 million—per a Nov. 1 CBS News report—have mailed their ballots or have voted early in person. Their counting, however, will be made together with the…
BRICS, Gaza, and graveyard of international law
Way before climate change and artificial intelligence can fully alter our lives, humanity could end up sealing its own fate through destructive nihilism and untrammeled militarism.
History of dogs in the Philippines
The book “Dogs in Philippine History” by Ian Christopher B. Alfonso overflows with photographs and illustrations. The photographs are especially captivating, showing how dogs…