This article discusses the rise of Filipino technocrats in the context of the Cold War. Because
of the fear of a communist takeover of newly independent yet vulnerable agrarian societies …

Martial Law exacerbated cronyism and oligarchy by concentrating power into the hands of
one political clan. Technocratic industrial policy combined with political anti-oligarch rhetoric …

Scholarship on information and communications technologies (ICT) in the Philippines has
attributed their proliferation to a series of socioeconomic reforms that the state implemented …

The five decades that have passed since Marcos declared martial law is an opportunity for
stocktaking relative to the present. This piece is a summary comparison of the character of …

While malnutrition has been recognized as a persisting social problem since the emergence
of modern nutrition science, in recent years, the international agricultural development field …

Over the past seven decades, the concept and institutional frameworks of liberalism have
been widely recognized as deeply rooted in Southeast Asia, with political, economic, and …

In 2017, communist insurgents represented by the National Democratic Front of the
Philippines (NDFP) and the Philippine government were negotiating a framework for …

The period of martial law from 21 September 1972 to 17 January 1981 was a traumatic
episode in Philippine history, not only to those who were severely affected by it, but also to …

34 Jan Carlo Punongbayan administration will have to contend with the deep economic
scars left by the pandemic. But early signals suggest that Marcos Jr. is more interested in …

In the country's political history, the Marcos clan is the most politically resilient, dominant,
and contentious among many political families. Through Pres. Ferdinand Marcos and wife …