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The Philippines is not a weak state, it is a captured one
Wednesday, 25 February 2026 09:35 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
Second of a four-part seriesTHE first part of this series last week argued that the 39-year failure to implement the constitutional ban on political dynasties (polidyn) is not a matter of legislative delay, but a structural design rooted in a…
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From datus to dynasties, and why Congress now pretends to fix it
Thursday, 19 February 2026 02:22 Written by LML
First of a four-part seriesTHE sudden burst of legislative enthusiasm in both chambers of Congress to “finally operationalize” Article II, Section 26 of the 1987 Constitution — mandating the State to “guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service and…
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Integrity is national defense
Wednesday, 11 February 2026 20:06 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
I BEGAN this series (TMT, Jan 28, 2026) by tracking the wreckage left by Trump’s initiatives: tariffs hurled at China that boomeranged onto American consumers, just as economists warned; a Venezuela stunt that smelled of domestic distraction from the Epstein…
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Alliance with asterisk: Manila in a transactional world
Wednesday, 04 February 2026 20:13 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
Last of two partsTHE real damage in Davos last week was not Donald Trump’s public humiliation (TMT, Jan. 28, 2026). It was strategic. The world — especially Beijing — was reminded that this American era still runs on a familiar…
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When ice melts, illusions die: Greenland’s lessons for Manila
Thursday, 29 January 2026 18:52 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
AS conjectured in my column (TMT, Jan. 21), Venezuela has slipped from the headlines, eclipsed by Trump’s designs on Greenland. A larger stage opened, and the world’s showman arrived — not to seek permission, but to overwhelm. Davos became theater;…
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Trump on a rampage
Wednesday, 21 January 2026 09:15 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
THE global community’s limp response to America’s perversion of the rule of law in Venezuela has offered something far more dangerous than silence: a template. It has shown the American presidency what can be done without consequence. Emboldened and transparent…
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As empires diverge: Manila’s moment of strategic choice
Wednesday, 14 January 2026 10:25 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
BY the close of 2025, I published two essays mapping the terrain before it shifted — one dissecting Washington’s National Security Strategy (NSS), the other tracing Beijing’s quiet, methodical ascent (TMT, Dec. 17 and 31, 2025). Both were quickly buried…
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Order through fear: Trump and Duterte’s legacy
Wednesday, 07 January 2026 20:17 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
AS 2026 dawns, I had briefly considered stepping away from my usual rhythm of dissecting geopolitical decay and institutional autopsies. Having spent six of my eight decades confronting the machinery of bad governance, a certain occupational fatigue has set in.…
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