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Destined for War and PH’s peripheral role

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 12:30 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

IN 2017, I came across this fascinating book by Graham Allison, Destined for War, which described the rise of China and its impact on the world, particularly on America’s position as the architect of the international order that has prevailed…

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Rome-Argentina-Filipinas: Lessons to be learned

Wednesday, 20 November 2019 07:36 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS column concludes a three-part series on the creation of a populist welfare state as the precursor of the downfall of empires and governments. Rome is a case in point in the first half of the 1st century A.D. and…

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Argentina, an enigma

Wednesday, 13 November 2019 14:16 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

I HAVE been to some Latin American countries since the 1980s and have found a certain affinity with their people. It is perhaps because we were all once colonies of Spain: Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Argentina. The Spanish…

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Collapse of empire and the welfare state

Wednesday, 06 November 2019 11:37 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

HISTORICALLY the rise and fall of empire is measured in millennia. The former is often imperceptible, while the latter could be abrupt, immediate and deadly. Such was the fate of the Roman Empire. Its rise is covered in the mists…

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Two presidents and independent foreign policy

Wednesday, 30 October 2019 13:19 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

AMONG the foreign policies that the Deegong adopted from his predecessor are the “Three Pillars”: preservation and enhancement of national security; protection of the rights and promotion of the welfare of overseas Filipinos; and promotion and attainment of economic security.…

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Aquilino ‘Nene’ Pimentel Jr. and PDP-Laban: A Mindanao story

Wednesday, 23 October 2019 10:06 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

MANY years after Sen. Nene Pimentel published his book Martial Law in the Philippines: My Story in 2006, we got to talk about some of our friends who were no longer with us. “Lit, write also a book about your…

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Duterte Doctrine and the generals

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 10:11 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THESE past weeks, the airwaves have been dominated by the spectacle generated by the Senate blue ribbon committee hearings that started with the Bureau of Corrections’ (BuCor) Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA) anomalies, then segued into the illegal drugs inside…

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On vacation, hazing and impunity

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 10:36 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WE just came from a hectic vacation in Iloilo, Roxas, Jawili and Boracay. We flew roundabout Davao-Cebu-Iloilo by Philippine Airlines, as the Cebu Pacific direct flight schedule for Davao-Iloilo was inconvenient. I was to acquaint my wife Sylvia with the…

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