The march of an illusion from the Philippines to Afghanistan In one of his interviews before the Taliban walkover,...
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Leila de Lima
Filipino political prisoner refuses to surrender to despotic Duterte Philippine Senator Leila de Lima is one of the...
Why Biden might not be able to extricate the US from its Middle East quagmire
Biden has promised an end to the endless wars. But such promises are not easy to keep. Read the article here
Why the Covid 19 Crisis Tells Us that Food Sovereignty is an Idea Whose Time has Come
The global food system has been very much front and center in the Covid 19 story. Every one, of course, is aware that...
Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist
The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate policies that...
Coronavirus and the Death of ‘Connectivity’
Originally posted on Foreign Policy in Focus The Great Recession could have killed globalization, but China emerged as...
China’s Global Expansion: A Balance Sheet
Presentation at “China in Cambodia Dialogue,” Phnom Penh, Dec 18 and 19, 2019 I would, first of all, like to thank...
China: An Imperial Power in the Image of the West?
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Focus is releasing a...
Paper Dragons: China and the Next Crash
Emerging relatively unscathed from the banking crisis of 2008, China has been viewed as a model of both rampant...
Counterrevolution: The Global Rise of the Far Right
The far right is on the rise. The rhetoric of anger and resentment is emanating from personalities like Donald Trump,...
When we defied China
originally published by Rappler.com On July 19, 2011, three of my colleagues in Congress and I landed on Pag-asa...
On the United Airlines Incident…
Yes, this behavior from stupid corporations is increasingly common. This was the appropriate response to overweening...