The recent global wave of populist governments, which culminated in Donald Trump's
victory in 2016, has convinced many observers that populism is a grave threat to democracy …

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact people's health
and livelihood systems around the globe. As governments roll out mass vaccination …

In 2022, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late dictator, won a landslide
victory in the presidential election after campaigning largely on nostalgia for the Philippines' …

Purpose Corruption control in the Republic of the Philippines (RP) has hardly failed, but it is
not (yet) a success story either. Dramatic “people power” episodes have occurred, but …

After supplanting one of the most liberally oriented governments in recent Philippine history,
the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte navigated a tumultuous six-year term subject to sustained …

This paper examines the relationship between the militarisation of COVID-19 state
responses and autocratisation in eight Asian and Latin American countries. Using a …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic undermined the populist legacy of Philippine
president Rodrigo R. Duterte. Despite implementing one of the longest and strictest …

Medical populism, as a political style of handling the challenges of a public health crisis, has
primarily been analyzed in terms of its influence on the efficacy of governmental efforts to …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic undermined the populist legacy of Philippine
president Rodrigo R. Duterte. Despite implementing one of the longest and strictest …

The pivot of the Duterte Administration to China and Russia has resulted to seemingly
stronger resistance from the academic and the general public who are used to the bilateral …