WHEN we ask this uncomfortable question, many Filipinos become squeamish and defensive. As the go-to showcase of democracy in ...

The Philippines reveals democracy's digital paradox. The Marcos administration, which rose to power through disinformation campaigns, now attempts to counter pro-Duterte disinformation networks using ...

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In the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of authoritarian governments. Autocracies now outnumber democracies and it is estimated that nearly three-fourths of the world ...

Former foreign ministers from the Czech Republic and the Philippines are to speak at the inaugural Forum for Democratic Cooperation (FDC) in Taipei today. Tomas Petricek, the Czech Republic’s top ...

Many Filipinos today are convinced that politics has become too consuming, too personal, too performative, too theatrical – and increasingly disconnected from the real problems ordinary people face.

“The Huks are fighting the government mainly because they want a house and land of their own,” said the Philippines’ Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay. “All right, they can stop fighting, because I ...