New 02/12/2018 – by Lea Diehl, Sabine Balk IPCC special report and Climate Change Conference Read full article
Fake news 17/04/2018 – by Alan C. Robles No lie is too blatant Fake reports on Filipino Facebook pages Read
Right-wing authoritarianism 15/04/2018 – by Alan C. Robles Powerful falsehoods How Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, depends on online trolls Read
History 15/10/2017 – by Alan C. Robles No trust in institutions The anti-democratic legacy of Spanish and US colonialism in the Philippines Read
Extrajudicial killings 21/08/2017 – by Alan C. Robles The deadly impact of lawless “security” forces Manila correspondent expresses his anger at lawless police action Read
Law of the sea 23/03/2017 – by Alan C. Robles Pivoting Philippines ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent Read
Extrajudicial killings 25/01/2017 – by Alan C. Robles National suicide President Duterte linked to unprecedented extrajudicial killings in the Philippines Read
Authoritarian attitudes 25/05/2016 – by Alan C. Robles Chains coming? Rodrigo Duterte, the president-elect of the Philippines, loves to swear and threaten to kill people Read
Beverage industry 14/11/2015 – by Alan C. Robles A poor nation’s beer conquers the world How a pils from Manila became a global brand Read
Local government 24/04/2014 – by Alan C. Robles Meet Mayor Erap, the former president More than a mere rerun? Joseph Estrada, the Philippines former president, is now running his nation’s capital city Read
Manila 24/04/2014 – by Alan C. Robles, Hans Dembowski Dysfunctional complexity Metro Manila: why the governance structure is so complicated, and why that is not so unusual Read
Internet 26/01/2014 – by Alan C. Robles Putting a check on leaders Long before the Arab spring, mobilisation by SMS toppled a president in Philippines Read
