When Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office in June 2022, it was thanks in part to a political alliance he struck with his predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, and his ...
Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Philippine politics have historically been dominated by a handful of political ...
Manila: The Philippines’ 2025 midterm elections, a political showdown that’s shaping up like a telenovela — only the stakes are real: power, survival, and revenge. From the Marcos’s northern ...