What We're Reading
May 2020 | Unpacking Violent Extremism in the Philippines
This month, RESOLVE highlights recommended readings from our policy note, "Unpacking Violent Extremism: Dynamics in the Philippines." In this note, Joseph Franco discusses how overstating the importance of foreign ideology in driving conflict in the Philippines obscures localized drivers that must be addressed to prevent further violence. To enhance the policy note, Mr. Franco suggests readings on the non-ideological roots of conflict in Mindanao, on indigenous sources of political violence in the Philippines, on resentment over the aftermath of the Battle for Marawi, and on criticism of the IS “second front” narrative.
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In this 5th issue of the Philippine Human Development Report, the Human Development Network (HDN) breaks out from its comfort zone of basic economic issues and addresses one that is at co...
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The year 2017 was a turning point in the magnitude of violent conflict in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, amplified by the astonishing increase in conflict deaths due to the war...
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Peace, it is said, does not happen overnight. Yet what happened in the Bangsamoro from 2017 to 2018 is probably the closest we can get to an overnight leap from war and uncertainty to pea...
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On 28 June, two suicide bombers carried out an attack in the Philippines, targeting the headquarters of 1st Brigade Combat Team (BCT) in Indanan, Sulu. Days later, one of the suicide atta...
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Parang sabil is a Tausug concept of defending their freedom/liberty, known as kamaruan, from colonizers, such as the Spaniards and Americans. Although the Muslim resistance in Mindanao an...
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This volume presents several studies on feuding or clan conflict, popularly known in Mindanao as rido. This effort is the result of a coordinated research conducted by Mindanao-based civi...
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In May 2017, Muslim militants acting in the name of the Islamic State (ISIS) seized Marawi, a lakeside economic hub in the Lanao del Sur province of Mindanao, the second-largest island in...
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A year since the city was liberated from Islamic State-inspired Maute Group, Marawi's ground zero has become almost a ghost town. Only a few soldiers occasionally patrol its streets day a...
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Philippine-based militants led by Isnilon Hapilon are continuing their efforts to build an Islamic State presence in Central Mindanao. The Battle for Marawi has demonstrated how conflict-...
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The so-called Islamic State (IS) has been dealt a severe blow to its "center" with the liberation of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria, the group's de facto capital. Yet the media is awash...
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This timely, 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticized hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Easter...