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The ANU Philippines Institute aims to maintain and promote the role of The Australian National University as the world’s premier institution in the conduct of research, the practice of teaching, and a broad range of outreach activities on Asia and the Pacific region.

The Philippines Institute, together with other regional institutes at the ANU, serves as a hub for comprehensive expertise advice to policymakers and practitioners in the Philippines and Australia. It plays a critical role in bridging research and policy knowledge on Southeast Asia through a rich understanding of Philippine politics, economics and socio-cultural dynamics. The Institute also recognises the distinctive significance, context and history of the Philippines as a gateway to wider connections in the Pacific region, and in forging linkages that bring Asia together with the Pacific.

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01 September 2026 Event - The South China Sea arbitral award: Evolving post-arbitration strategies, implications and challenges
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A decade on: The enduring significance of the South China Sea Arbitral Award
The ANU Philippines Institute brought together academics, policymakers and diplomats for a lecture with Dr Lowell Bautista, reflecting on the South China Sea Arbitral Award, 10 years on.
Judge Pangalangan during the Q&A section of his presentation on 10 June 2026

Who holds the powerful accountable? Judge Pangalangan on international justice and the rule of law in the Philippines
On 10 June 2026 the ANU was honoured to host Judge Raul Pangalangan for a distinguished lecture on the ICC proceedings involving Duterte, and the challenges of accountability, sovereignty, and justice
Ambeth Ocampo at the ANU
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An evening with Ambeth Ocampo: About heroes, hoaxes and history
On 22 Sept, the ANU hosted a distinguished historian Ambeth Ocampo, who delivered an engaging talk on how Filipinos remember, imagine, and sometimes reinvent their heroes and history.
Webinar Participants: Ronald Holmes, Cleo Calimbahin, Paul Hutchcroft, Ross Tapsell and Chair Mary Joyce Bulao (middle)
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Analysts discuss the May 2025 Philippine midterms: Electoral dynamics amidst intense Marcos-Duterte clan rivalry
The newly released recording captures our May 2025 webinar in which four leading analysts dissected how the Marcos–Duterte feud shaped the Philippines’ midterm elections.

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The Politics of Government–Business Relations in Urban Southeast Asia: Introduction and Overview

The politics of government–business relations in urban Southeast Asia: Introduction and overview

Recognising the increasingly urban character of Southeast Asian politics, our introduction to this special issue explores the varied patterns of government–business relations found across the region.
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The fizzling of “Ceboom”: How jurisdictional battles and warring factions undermined Cebu’s development coalition

This article focuses on the development coalition in the heyday of Ceboom (1988–98) & proceeds through 2 periods in which the coalition declined (1998–2016) & then effectively collapsed (2016-present)
Courts and authoritarian populism in Asia:Reflections from Indonesia and the Philippines

Courts and authoritarian populism in Asia: Reflections from Indonesia and the Philippines

This article argues that fragile control over courts in the Philippines and Indonesia provides opportunities to resist encroachment by the executive and allows them to reassert their independence.
Dressel_Inoue_Bonoan_Justice and Political Loyalties

Justices and political loyalties: An empirical investigation of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, 1987–2020

This article investigates determinants of the Philippine Supreme Court’s behavior since the country’s return to democracy in 1987, with particular attention to “loyalty effects”.