Friday, 13 May 2016

Rodrigo Duterte, China, and the United States (Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings)

Presidential candidate Rodrigo "Digong" Duterte talks to reporters in Davao city in southern Philippines, May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, known for his Trump-like rhetoric and supra-legal methods of reducing crime while mayor of Davao City on the island of Mindanao, is already causing consternation in many parts of the world. His previous tolerance for vigilantes as a crime-fighting tool, for example, is cause for concern

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/05/12-duterte-china-united-states-ohanlon

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