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Richard Javad Heydarian

Richard Javad Heydarian

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Richard Javad Heydarian is an academic, global affairs columnist and author. He has written for The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and is also a contributor to leading think tanks such as as Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Brooking Institution and Council on Foreign Relations. He is currently a senior lecturer at the University of the Philippines, Asian Centre, and the author of 'The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery'.
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr during a summit in Brussels last December. Reuters
Is Marcos Jr aiding a new Cold War in the Indo-Pacific?

The Philippine president has inadvertently injected his country into the deepening US-China rivalry

CommentFebruary 17, 2023
Richard Javad Heydarian
Chinese lanterns in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, to depict the year of the rabbit. EPA
Emerging powers in Asia will play a role in keeping global 'polycrisis' in check

With the world facing a 'polycrisis', coolers heads will ensure stability on the world's largest continent

CommentJanuary 25, 2023
Richard Javad Heydarian
The guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville transits the Philippine Sea. AP Photo
In 2022, Asia's middle powers ensured all was quiet in the Indo-Pacific

The upshot is a more manageable US-China competition, rather than a mutually destructive conflict

CommentDecember 23, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Presidents Biden and Xi met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia. AFP
Why Xi and Biden's G20 meeting was a masterclass in de-escalation

The two superpower leaders have peered into the abyss, only to realise they have a shared duty to manage their differences

CommentNovember 17, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
People playing basketball on a street in the Tondo district of Manila, Philippines. AFP
South-East Asia has finally arrived

South-East Asian nations are set to surpass China as the fastest-growing major economies in Asia

CommentOctober 13, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr addresses the UN General Assembly. AFP
Can Marcos Jr resurrect the golden age of Filipino diplomacy?

The Marcos Jr dynasty has form when it comes to making nuanced foreign policy in a complicated region

CommentSeptember 25, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-majority country. AFP
Indonesia's quiet rise as an Asian superpower

Sensible policies are turning the once surprisingly obscure country into a major international player

CommentAugust 23, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr greets residents during his visit a day after a strong quake struck Bangued, Abra province, on July 28. AP Photo
Like father, like son? Not in the case of Ferdinand Marcos Jr

The Philippine President's approach to governance in his first month in office has surprised both critics and allies alike

CommentAugust 02, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lipa last month. Reuters
The high stakes of the Philippines' presidential elections

The Marcos family and its allies are set to dominate top offices of government but first-time voters could be won over by the 'pink wave'

CommentMay 05, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an Asean-East Asia Summit last October. AP Photo
Has Putin lost Asia too?

A number of countries in the East are reassessing their ties with Russia – albeit with notable exceptions

CommentApril 11, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Russian military trucks and buses are seen on the side of a road in Russia's southern Rostov region, which borders the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on February 23, 2022. AFP
The world's superpowers are taking the Cold War out of the fridge

As tension between the West and Russia heats up, Europe is becoming more like Asia

CommentFebruary 24, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
The Chinese flag flies near the China World Trade Center Tower 3 in Beijing on November 29, 2021. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
How the US is countering Chinese economic power in Asia

There are three main reasons why America can’t compete as effectively against China, but there's hope yet

CommentJanuary 27, 2022
Richard Javad Heydarian
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is one of the frontrunners in the 2022 presidential race in the Philippines. AP Photo
Can the 'Macron of the Philippines' succeed Duterte?

Isko Moreno's election strategy mirrors the French president's 2017 campaign: combining technocracy with populism

CommentDecember 09, 2021
Richard Javad Heydarian
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he is retiring from politics. AFP
Duterte is bowing out of politics, and most Filipinos don't want an encore

The Philippine president toyed with options for staying in power, but the writing is on the wall

CommentOctober 04, 2021
Richard Javad Heydarian
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao trains at his gym in the city of General Santos in southern island of Mindanao. AFP
Manny Pacquiao's big fight within a fight

This weekend's boxing match could well decide his presidential aspirations in 2022 - and political future

CommentAugust 20, 2021
Richard Javad Heydarian
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