Authors
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Wilfredo G. Villanueva
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Cha Coronel Datu
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Juana Pilipinas
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Karl Garcia
- The Philippines at the Crossroads: From Identity to Excellence and Resilience
- Global Energy Shocks, Russian Sanctions, and Implications for the Philippine Fuel Market (2026)
- **Dynasts, Elites, Budget Theatrics, Design Failure, and Systems Thinking:
- Philippine Preventive Maintenance Crisis: Planned Obsolescence Without Saying It
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giancarloangulo
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Irineo B. R. Salazar
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JPilipinas
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karlgarcia
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JoeAm
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Global Energy Shocks, Russian Sanctions, and Implications for the Philippine Fuel Market (2026)
By Karl Garcia The global energy landscape in 2026 continues to be shaped by geopolitical conflict, sanctions enforcement challenges, and severe oil supply shocks. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted the United States, European Union, and G7 allies to impose sweeping sanctions on Moscow, including the G7 oil price cap, designed to limit … Continue reading
**Dynasts, Elites, Budget Theatrics, Design Failure, and Systems Thinking:
Why Development in the Philippines Remains Fragmented — and How to Understand It as One System**By Karl Garcia I. Introduction — The Missing Lens: Systems Thinking Much of the discussion about development in the Philippines focuses on individual problems: corruption, dynasties, poor planning, weak institutions, lack of discipline, or the culture of pwede na.Each explanation … Continue reading
Philippine Preventive Maintenance Crisis: Planned Obsolescence Without Saying It
By Karl Garcia 1. Are Flood Control Failures Just the Tip of the Iceberg? Recent controversies over flood control projects that fail after only a few years raise a disturbing question: Are these failures accidents, incompetence, corruption — or the result of a system that does not reward durability? In the Philippines, infrastructure often appears … Continue reading
Survival, Sustainment, and Strategic Resilience: Lessons for the Philippines in a Fragile World
By Karl Garcia I. Introduction — A World of Fragile Systems For decades, global systems—from industry to geopolitics—have operated on the assumption of efficiency, predictability, and linear progress. Economies embrace Just-in-Time (JIT) production to minimize waste and inventory, militaries rely on lean supply chains, and middle powers often depend on external guarantors for security, energy, … Continue reading
In the Hope That the US–Israel–Iran War Won’t Become Endless: Lessons from Wars That Finally Found Resolution
By Karl Garcia As the conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran escalates in early 2026, fears of a protracted, open-ended war are spreading far beyond the Middle East. Following coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, including attacks on nuclear and military infrastructure, and the reported death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, retaliatory missile … Continue reading
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