Richard Javad Heydarian
Richard Javad Heydarian is an Asia-based academic, who has delivered lectures at the world’s leading universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Leiden, Beijing, and the Australian National University. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines, was previously a Professorial Chairholder in Geopolitics at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Visiting Fellow at National Chengchi University (Taiwan), and an Assistant Professor in political science at De La Salle University. In 2018, he was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP) by JCI International for his contributions to social sciences. He is a columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, analyst at GMA Network, and has written for the world’s leading publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and is a regular contributor to Aljazeera English, Nikkei Asian Review, South China Morning Post , and the Straits Times. He has written extensively on Philippine politics, populism and Asian geopolitical affairs. His latest books are “The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and “The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). Among his latest academic works are, “Penal Populism in Emerging Markets” (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and “The Ascent of Asian Strongmen: Emerging Market Populism and the Revolt Against Liberal Globalization” (Springer 2020); "Philippine Politics: From Rizal to Duterte" (Oxford University Press, 2020), "Subaltern Populism: Dutertismo and the War on Constitutional Democracy" (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). He is also a regular contributor to leading global think tanks such as Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Brooking Institution, and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His forthcoming book is “China’s New Empire” (Melbourne University Press, 2022).
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↗ The country has a distinct sense of vulnerability due to its proximity to both the South China Sea and Taiwan – the two main theaters of US-China rivalry
↗ The Philippines sees expanded cooperation with AUKUS member countries – including an AUKUS +1 – as a primary means of ensuring Indo-Pacific stability into the future
↗ The country has a distinct sense of vulnerability due to its proximity to both the South China Sea and Taiwan – the two main theaters of US-China rivalry
↗ The Philippines sees expanded cooperation with AUKUS member countries – including an AUKUS +1 – as a primary means of ensuring Indo-Pacific stability into the future