Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s references to a Golden Age in the Philippines invites a nostalgic look at the past. But it also warns of a darker future in keeping with how his father ran the country.
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Newly elected Philippines president Bongbong Marcos faces huge challenges, and a backdrop of his father’s dictatorship.
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Associate Professor in International Relations & Academic Director of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of History, De La Salle University
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Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Law, American University
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Professor of Public Law, Legal Philosophy and Comparative Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
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Associate Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
