Democracy is fragile. Perhaps John Quincy Adams put it best in 1814 when he wrote, “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a […]
Rodrigo Duterte and the Specter of Dictatorship in the Philippines
Since Rodrigo Duterte took office as president of the Philippines in June 2016, there has been a surge in extrajudicial killings for drug-related allegations. Duterte’s controversial “war on drugs” now […]