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PH foreign policy: Between the Eagle and the Dragon

PH foreign policy: Between the Eagle and the Dragon

Thursday, 25 September 2025 20:50 Written by
THUCYDIDES warned that the rise of a new power unsettles an old order and makes conflict more likely. Our Harvard professor Graham Allison’s modernized that lesson as the “Thucydides Trap” — a reminder that the rivalry between a rising China…
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The second Lacson exposé: The tightening noose amid a coup

The second Lacson exposé: The tightening noose amid a coup

Wednesday, 17 September 2025 07:48 Written by
LAST week, I covered Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson’s exposé on how human actions turn floods into disasters. Today’s column focuses on the dramatis personae — legislators, Cabinet members, government officials and local authorities involved in corruption — who exploit the…
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The deluge of greed: How creative corruption drowns a nation

The deluge of greed: How creative corruption drowns a nation

Wednesday, 10 September 2025 01:07 Written by
THERE is a cruel irony emerging in our country today. As swollen rivers sweep away homes and drown entire communities, billions of pesos meant to protect them have vanished. They were stolen in plain sight, disguised as “flood control projects.”Sen.…
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Trump-Putin Alaska summit: A study in ambiguity, optics and smoke and mirrors

Trump-Putin Alaska summit: A study in ambiguity, optics and smoke and mirrors

Tuesday, 02 September 2025 23:01 Written by
MY last two columns were on the Ukraine war firmly now in Trump’s court; and the state of his incoherence on ending seven wars in seven months. Today’s is an analysis on the Anchorage one-on-one meeting with Putin — a…
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Trump ending 7 wars: Deranged peacemaking claims

Trump ending 7 wars: Deranged peacemaking claims

Thursday, 28 August 2025 00:20 Written by
IN foreign policy, peace-building is one of the most powerful tools a world leader can wield. Throughout his political career, Trump has repeatedly presented himself as a master dealmaker. He boasts about “ending seven wars in seven months,” claiming to…
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Ukraine: Trump’s war, no longer Biden’s

Ukraine: Trump’s war, no longer Biden’s

Thursday, 21 August 2025 23:37 Written by
TRUMP has always asserted that the Ukraine war was Biden’s having occurred during his watch. “If I were President in 2022, Putin would have not invaded Ukraine.” Trump boasted he would end this war on his first day as president.…
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The imperatives for constitutional reforms, political and economic

The imperatives for constitutional reforms, political and economic

Thursday, 14 August 2025 01:10 Written by
MY three-part column late last month suggesting an agenda for the incoming Senate discussed cursorily five interrelated topics among the myriad that need reforms: political dynasties, the perverted party-list, the dysfunctional presidential system, political party reforms and a shift to…
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Marcos, tariffs negotiator: A patsy or a grandmaster?

Marcos, tariffs negotiator: A patsy or a grandmaster?

Thursday, 14 August 2025 00:41 Written by
A DIPLOMATIC visit of a head of state is rarely a simple event. It is often a nexus of history, economics and international strategy. In the case of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s recent trip to Washington, D.C. for tariff negotiations,…
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