Of the many similarities between Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is the question of when one should take him at his word. Prone to bluster, he was serious…
Author: <span class="vcard">Trey</span>
One month and two tests into a world where North Korea possesses an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), experts are still divided over the specifications and capabilities of the Hwasong-14 (HS-14)…
What is an aircraft carrier? An aircraft carrier is whatever a particularly navy defines one as. When the Liaoning began her life in a Ukrainian construction yard, the Soviet Navy…
There is something remarkable and strange in the interviews with our Chief Executive-elect. Discerning the meaning of the contours of these peculiarities tells us something about the current political reality…
A few thoughts on where we are now with Kremlingate. I think we’re officially in -gate territory now, as opposed to all the stories earlier, because this has come up…
If there was a ‘Peak Comparativist’ time, as measured by influence and traffic, it was in 2014 as we headed into the White Paper, the electoral ‘reform’ proposal, and eventually…
Opinions on Oathgate are a multi-faceted thing. What I aim to do in this post is bring data from a recent poll I conducted into the conversation. Data is something sadly…
In a bit of news, I’ll plan to take a break from academia starting this summer and will try to turn this Comparativist project into something more professional. My intention…
Sometimes you make predictions that you hope were wrong. One such prediction was my Red Dawn at Malacañang essay, written just after Duterte won the presidency in the 2016 election.…
Much has been written about the comments, guidance, and threats from official (and unofficial) government leaders about how teachers and schools should deal with the ‘threat’ of independence activism in…