World Humanitarian Summit- a new way of solving the old problem?
May 24, 2016
Written by May Tan-Mullins. I am not a fan of big summits and conferences. I find it a waste of time and money, which could be better used to help the world’s poor, sick, hungry and insecure. However, big summits are becoming a necessity in today’s globalized world, to harness global leaders and institutions, to …
Indian state elections give Modi a boost – but the country is fracturing
May 23, 2016
Written by Anderson Jeremiah. On the face of it, the results of elections in four important Indian states seem like an endorsement of the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and his Baratiya Janata Party (BJP). But scratch the surface, and plenty of other forces are there: anti-incumbency feeling, the rise of Hindu political identity in general, …
Modi fights to strengthen his hand in India’s state elections
May 16, 2016
Written by Ipshita Basu. Elections to the state legislative assemblies have just got underway in India. Throughout April and May, voters in five of the country’s 29 states will nominate representatives to the country’s Upper House of Parliament. And for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, these elections will be decisive in determining how much influence his …
Philippine Election Blog 2016 – The End
May 13, 2016
Written by Francis Domingo and Pauline Eadie. In late 2015 we started musing over the idea of running a series of articles about the Philippine Elections in 2016 for Ballots and Bullets, a blog run by the School of Politics and International Relations at The University of Nottingham. We knew that the official campaign would …
Philippines 2016: How ‘Dutertismo’ can make a difference
May 11, 2016
Written by Roland G. Simbulan. The clear mandate given by the Filipino electorate for Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the next president of the Philippines in the 2016 elections is a clear signal that the nation urgently seeks meaningful social change. The Commission on Elections estimates that 84% of voters participated in the 2016 elections, …
Top 5 Things to Expect of a Duterte Presidency
Written by Vladimir Guevarra. Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency is upon us. The stance of the tough-talking mayor of Davao city on crime and corruption is pretty clear, but his policies on the economy are less so. Here’s the outlook for the Philippines under Duterte over the next six years: #1 On Society – Expect more discipline …
How the Philippines’ new strongman romped into office despite a shocking campaign
May 10, 2016
Written by Pauline Eadie. Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City in Mindanao is now president elect of the Philippines. His path to the presidency was controversial, riddled with expletives and reduced his detractors to mud slinging and comparisons with Hitler. But the mud failed to stick: with almost all precincts reporting, he looked to have …
The Coming Uncertainty: Philippine Elections
May 6, 2016
Written by Richard J. Heydarian. In coming days, the Philippines is set to elect a new roster of leaders. This is, arguably, the Southeast Asian country’s most important presidential election in recent memory, with potentially far-reaching implications in both domestic and foreign policy realms. In what has turned out as one of the most unpredictable …
Electioneering in the Promised Land: Payatas Dumpsite 2016
Written by Carmilita Morante. I am a community organizer in Lupang Pangako (literal translation ‘Land of Promise’) a scavenging community in Barangay Payatas, Quezon City (part of Metro Manila), host to the biggest open dumpsite in the Philippines. For five years now I have worked in the community and been exposed to the struggle against …
What Brexit would mean for relations between India and the UK
May 5, 2016
Written by Paul James Cardwell and Navajyoti Samanta. Much of the debate about Britain’s impending referendum on membership of the European Union so far has focused on external trade and the UK’s standing in the world. President Barack Obama intervened to say that the UK would not find new trade deals easy to conclude, even with …
