Leadership Crisis in Korea
By Sunnie Giles
At the heart of the Koreans’ rage in President Park Geun-hye’s scandal is a sense of betrayal. Park must facilitate a sense...
Behind The 3rd US Presidential Debate – What’s Coming in 2017
By Jack Rasmus
What the 3rd US presidential debate reveals beneath the surface is in 2017 and beyond what’s in store is more military adventures,...
Duterte and the Multipolar Strategy That Shakes Washington
By Federico Pieraccini
On May 30, 2016 Manila’s parliament appointed Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the sixteenth president of the Philippines following his election victory over...
What does the EU Stand for: Globalisation or Universalism?
By William Hawes
The EU now stands for globalisation and all its discontents. The dreary, neoliberal perspective of leaders must be replaced for Europe to...
Duterte vs Barack Obama In A Remark About Filipino Sovereignty
By Tunde Olupitan
Latest news on the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, is of his calling USA President Barack Obama a son of a b***h. We...
Obama-Duterte Blow Up: What the Corporate Media Doesn’t Get
By Wayne Madsen
The western corporate media generalised the Duterte-Obama feud as one between a statesmanlike US president and a Filipino Donald Trump. For Obama...
The Duterte Whirlwind: The Reawakening of the Philippines
By Dan Steinbock
The new Philippine president is waging a tough drug war, pushing economic growth domestically and greater pragmatism in foreign policy that could...
How the Brexit Referendum was Trumped: Personality, Protest and Patriotism
By Glyn Atwal and Douglas Bryson
In this article, the authors contend the electioneering style of what they label “Trumpism” was distinctly manifested and a...
The Philippine National Election 2016: The Good, the Bad and The Ugly
By Pauline Eadie
Rodrigo Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in May 2016. Arguably Duterte’s electoral success was down to his straight talking approach...
Duterte’s Global Impact
From the Editors
On 1st July 2016, Rodrigo Duterte will begin his term as the President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Mr Duterte has formidable...





































































