![Dr Aries A. Arugay Dr Aries A. Arugay](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Aries-Arugay-2023-125px.jpg)
Visiting Senior Fellow
- Coordinator , Philippine Studies Programme
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Research Interest
Comparative Democratization, Civil-Military Relations, Security Sector Governance, Foreign Policy, Social Media
Comparative Democratization, Civil-Military Relations, Security Sector Governance, Foreign Policy, Social Media
Proposed Research Project(s): Anatomy of Choice: The Philippines in the US-China Rivalry; Digital Autocratization in the Philippines; Democratic Resilience and Civil Society in the Philippines; Policy Elites and Strategic Choices in the Philippines
Selected Publications:
- Arugay, A.A., 2023. “Militarizing Governance: Informal Civil–Military Relations and Democratic Erosion in the Philippines.” In A. Chong & N. Jenne (eds.) Asian Military Evolutions: Civil–Military Relations in Asia. Bristol: Bristol University Press, pp. 68-89. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529229349.ch004
- Arugay, A. A., & Baquisal, J. K. A. 2023. “At the Sharp Edge of Power: Philippines–China Relations and Democratic Erosion Under Duterte.” In J. Ockey and N.S. Talib (eds) Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia. Singapore: Springer, pp. 33-62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9811-9_2
- Arugay, A.A. and J.K.A. Baquisal. 2022. “Mobilized and Polarized: Social Media and Disinformation Narratives in the 2022 Philippine Elections.” Pacific Affairs 95(3), 549-573. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5509/2022953549
- Arugay, A.A. “Foreign Policy & Disinformation Narratives in the 2022 Philippine Election Campaign”, Perspective, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022/59.
- Arugay, A.A. “Stronger Social Media Influence in the 2022 Philippine Elections”, Perspective, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 2022/33.
- Baviera, A. S. and A.A. Arugay. 2021. The Philippines’ Shifting Engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative: The Politics of Duterte’s Legitimation. Asian Perspective, 45(2): 277-300. DOI: 10.1353/apr.2021.0001