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Expanding armies, shrinking peace: Militarisation in Southeast Asia

  • Su Mon Thant,

Several large Southeast Asian nations are increasing their defence budgets and deepening military ties. What will this mean for conflict resolution?

INTERVIEW: ‘People can live normal lives, they can have ambition’

  • Prof Miriam Coronel-Ferrer,

Senior Filipino peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on the strengths and weaknesses of the Bangsamoro peace agreement.

The paradoxes and precarities of Philippine development

  • Syme de Leon,

What does ‘progress’ and ‘development’ mean in the Philippines, a nation very vulnerable to climate change-related disasters?

Foundlings at risk of statelessness in the Philippines: Progress and challenges

  • Melvin C. Suarez,

Deserted or abandoned children in the Philippines have citizenship rights, but there are still problems with implementation.

Gutom o Ginhawa: Why Philippine rice policy must align with smallholder practice

  • Dr Eric D U Gutierrez, Prof Wolfram Dressler, Dr Trent Brown, Dr Dominic Glover, A/Prof Brooke Wilmsen, Mercedes Limsa, Richelle Cañete, Rowelyn Agravio, Demi Divinagracia & Dr Michael Pido,

Modernisation and market reform were supposed to raise rice yields in the Philippines. But rice farming has grown more precarious.

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