Understanding politics across borders and divides
Published: September 9, 2026 On September 8, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. was mid-speech at the Seoul Defense Dialogue, an annual multilateral security forum in South Korea, when a staff member walked up and set a folded note beside him. He picked it up, paused, and told the room he believed it was from … Read more
Published: September 6, 2026 A Quezon City court issued a warrant for the arrest of Vice President Sara Duterte on September 4, 2026, over three counts of grave threats. The charges trace back to a November 2024 press conference in which Duterte said that if she were killed, she had instructed someone to kill President … Read more
Published: July 18, 2026 Overview The Philippines is living through the worst rupture between a sitting president and vice president since the country returned to democracy in 1986. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte won a landslide together in 2022, but the alliance between their two families collapsed within two … Read more