Charmaine G. Misalucha
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View article: The challenges facing the global south: perspectives from the Philippines
The challenges facing the global south: perspectives from the Philippines Open
International Relations scholarship highlights the differences of the countries in the global south. The postcolonial histories of countries herein give rise to unique experiences that push them to consolidate their states at the soonest t…
View article: Constructing International Relations
Constructing International Relations Open
International Relations (IR) has created for itself distinct and oftentimes impermeable boundaries: states are the main actors, survival is their goal, and self-help is the system they operate in.Moreover, what constitutes real, meaningful…
View article: A Multiplicity of Regionalisms in Southeast Asia
A Multiplicity of Regionalisms in Southeast Asia Open
Regional arrangements in Southeast Asia (SEA) beg the question of why this “alphabet soup” exists. This can be addressed by looking at a wider context: these regionalisms are not merely SEA states’ responses to international events, nor ar…
View article: Language games and Southeast Asia-United States relations, 1954-2006
Language games and Southeast Asia-United States relations, 1954-2006 Open
Narratives of Southeast Asia-US relations usually depict the flow of power as unidirectional. In most instances, the relationship is seen as being led by the US, and the Southeast Asian states take on the role of free riders. In other acco…