Integrated Development Studies Institute

COMEDY-DRAMA was in style for the war ongoing this last week. In the scramble to increase oil and gas supply — with a massive spike in prices of energy around … Read More

THE conventional concept of warfare is the use of military weapons — tanks, artillery, airstrikes, infantry, ships. Aside from the possibility of nuclear weapons, however, there are methods of warfare … Read More

WE may well be headed for war in the Philippines. The Philippines is letting inciters of revolutions into the heart of our election process. Why are we letting Rappler, which receives … Read More

IN the early hours of February 24, the Russian military launched an offensive against Ukraine and started the worst military conflict in Europe since the end of World War 2. … Read More

Is the US doing the same to Ukraine? SPYING on heads of state, including US President Trump? US presidential candidates, like Hillary Clinton, involved in manufacturing false information spread by the media selectively, … Read More

MOST western media and Philippine writers are silent on the extent of US interference and the cost of their meddling in other nations’ domestic affairs. But they are quick to … Read More

Recovery of lost US jet in South China Sea may raise questions AS the world now knows, on January 24 the US Navy lost one of its most advanced fighter jets in … Read More

WHAT are the sources of energy for enterprises this year? There is a coming together of forces — international and local — that make this a real Tiger Year — … Read More

THE US and Russia face off in the Ukraine in a crisis that may start a great war. It will be the first one in decades that is directly between the superpowers although the Ukrainian pawn … Read More

(Exclusive bonus! Rare video of Lee Kuan Yew’s visit to the Philippines in 1992…at end of the article!) LEE Kuan Yew in the 1990s predicted we would fall behind Malaysia and Thailand and encouraged us to open … Read More