Walden Bello
Activist • Academic • Journalist • Writer
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Women’s rights: Turning point in India, triumph in Manila
Women’s rights have been in the forefront of international concern over the last few weeks. Up in arms against rape Making...
Why the Philippines cannot afford to be “Like-Minded” in Doha
(This article was co-authored by Richard Javad Heydarian.) Seldom has a global conference been so devoid of positive...
Confronting the Continuing Power Crisis
Power rates in the Philippines are the highest in Asia and rank fifth in the world. Brownouts lasting several hours a day...
China’s Transformation: A Southeast Asian Perspective
Over the last week, China has been undergoing a once-in-a-decade leadership transition. It is an event that will have...
Obama’s victory: How it happened and what it means
Washington, DC, Nov 7, 2012–The polls had pointed to a very close election, and those of us who gathered around a...
Stuck with Obama
As many pundits have noted, if the rest of the world were voting in the US elections, the third presidential debate would...