(Author’s note: This is the text of a presentation made at a conference on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone and nuclear disarmament in Jakarta in early June 2011.) I would like to thank the organizers of this meeting for arm-twisting me not only to attend but to be a presenter in this final [...]
Archive for June, 2011
SEANWFZ and Nuclear Proliferation & Disarmament: A Philippine Perspective
Posted: June 28, 2011 in Southeast Asia0
Corruption, state capture and extra-constitutional challenges in the Philippines, Part I
Posted: June 27, 2011 in governance, Philippine politics(Author’s note: This blog entry was a seminar presentation made before a regular class at the National Defense College of the Philippines, where I once served as vice president for research and special studies, during the first quarter of the year. Given the challenge of melding the diverse concepts and phenomena covered in the presentation, [...]
Was it yesterday or the day before that President Noynoy Aquino visited Cotabato City to ‘inspect’ the flood waters in Maguindanao? In the process, President Noynoy managed to disappoint a number of stakeholders. Former Sen. Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., noted that the President merely commented on the vast swathes of water lilies clogging the Rio [...]
