Nearly 20 years after “deglobalization” was introduced as an alternative paradigm by Focus on the Global South, one of...
Publications Articles
The Price of Empire
U.S. elites are not victims of China and Germany’s export-oriented policies. They are engaged in the complex balancing...
Trump and the Asia-Pacific: The Persistence of American Unilateralism
There is a widespread perception, especially among East and Southeast Asian elites, that the United States is in a...
Microcredit, Macro Problems
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, regarded as the father of microcredit, comes at a time when...
A Siamese Tragedy
The military coup in Thailand is the second high-profile collapse of a democracy in the developing world in the last...
The Crisis of Multilateralism
Already buffeted by institutional crisis and policy conflicts, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World...
The WSF as ?Moment?
Is the WSF still the most appropriate vehicle for the new stage in the struggle of the global justice and peace...
Capitalism in an Apocalyptic Mood
An apocalyptic mood has seized the highest levels of global capital as the global financial system continues to...
Elites vs Greens in the Global South
The developing world’s stance toward the question of the environment has often been equated with the pugnacious...
‘Resign or go on leave’ — Akbayan nominee to Gonzalez
"This is just the latest of a series of shameless actions and pronouncements from an official who supposedly...
Nuts
He dismisses the violent reaction to his latest antic, saying, "There are many nuts in this country; more than...
Requiem for the EDSA State? (Part 2): Regime Change and the Political Economy of Development
Economic and social development is the crying need of the Philippines today, but it cannot take place without...