STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 04, 2019 • 8 min read
ISIS al-Baghdadi blowback
By Zachary Abuza • Nov 04, 2019
The ISIS leader’s death and fallout from Turkey’s invasion of Syria have fuelled concerns that jihadists could open a home front
marawi
STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 18, 2019 • 9 min read
Poverty in the Philippines Duterte’s other war
By Thomas Brent • Jun 18, 2019
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug crackdown has often been slammed as a war on the nation's poor. But a new anti-poverty law is turning that narrative on its head
STORY OF THE DAY • Oct 17, 2018 • 9 min read
Whatever happened to The liberation of Marawi City
By Paul Millar • Oct 17, 2018
One year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte stood in the ruins of the southern city of Marawi and declared it ‘liberated’ from terrorist influence. But for the tens of thousands of civilians still unable to return to their homes, the ongoing presence of the Philippine military and the unflinching rule of martial law suggest not liberation but occupation