Robert Joseph P. Medillo
Associate Professor, National Defense College of the PhilippinesRobert Joseph P. Medillo is an associate professor at the National Defense College of the Philippines. He holds a MA in Political Science from De La Salle University, Manila and a MPA from the University of the Philippines Diliman. His research areas are Philippine defence, security and foreign policy; politics and administration of national security in developing countries; and critical security studies.
Articles by Robert Joseph P. Medillo
Politics
Contesting the China fear factor: What drives the Philippines' response in the South China Sea
Philippine academic Robert Joseph P. Medillo says that rather than looking at the Philippines' reactions to China's actions in the South China Sea from the prism of fear, one can understand it as standing up to a major power, through building a collective of like-minded states that can rally together to press for transparency and accountability from China.
Robert Joseph P. Medillo