A dual impeachment of the Philippine President and Vice President could trigger elite breakdown, constitutional crisis, and calls for a transitional government. This article examines the risks.
As the Philippines’ flood-control corruption scandal fades from public attention, political amnesia risks weakening accountability, enabling impunity, and endangering democratic memory.
The creation of Task Force Philippines, a new joint maritime defense group involving the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines, is...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has demonstrated an increasingly statesmanlike command of foreign policy, using international legitimacy to neutralize domestic challenges and consolidate political...
The Philippine government faces one of its gravest crises of legitimacy since the restoration of democracy in 1986. The multitrillion-peso flood-control corruption scandal has...
In the past year, the Philippines has experienced a surge in political turbulence, marked by protests, impeachment proceedings, and a series of high-profile arrests....
When a head of government faces a storm of scandal and elite defections, one tempting instrument is the constitutional emergency: suspension of habeas corpus...
