Richard Javad Heydarian
Author, "Asia's New Battlefield: U.S., China and the Struggle for the Western Pacific"
Richard Javad Heydarian is a political science professor at De La Salle University, Philippines, and the author of Asia's New Battlefield: US, China, and the Struggle for the Western Pacific (Zed, London).
As a Catholic-majority nation with a large Muslim minority in the southern islands, the Philippines has struggled with religious strife for decades. While extremist violence is not a new phenomenon, [...] More
Since becoming President in June, Rodrigo Duterte has used his forceful personality to take Filipino policy in new directions. For Western allies like the U.S., this has led to confusing public [...] More
