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Katipunan Dialogue Season 5, Episode 1: Navigating a Changing World Order: The New Trump Administration’s Foreign Policies

Tune in to the highly anticipated first episode of Season 5 of the Katipunan Dialogue Podcast! This installment features Assistant Professor Edcel John Ibarra of the UP Department of Political Science, who delves into the evolving landscape of U.S. foreign policy under a new Trump administration amidst a shifting global order.

Hosted by Asst. Prof. Aaron Abel Mallari, the conversation explores critical questions:

    • How does the domestic situation in the U.S. influence its foreign policy shifts?
    • Is the U.S. trending towards isolationism, turning its back on the very world order it helped build?
    • What are the implications of drastic shifts in U.S. foreign policy for its superpower status?
    • How do these changes in U.S. policies directly affect the Philippines?
    • What would happen if U.S. President Trump were to decrease diplomatic and military support for the Philippines, and how might the country manage such a scenario?

Listen, Watch, or Read! You can engage with this episode in multiple ways:

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About the Guest Speaker: Asst. Prof. Edcel John Ibarra is a distinguished scholar in strategic studies, currently serving as the managing editor of the Philippine Political Science Journal. He previously served as officer-in-charge of the Strategic, Territorial, and Maritime Issues Section of the Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Foreign Service Institute, the think tank of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs. He holds both his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the UP Diliman Department of Political Science.

About the Host: Asst. Prof. Aaron Abel Mallari holds a BA and MA in History from the University of the Philippines and a double degree from the European Masters in Global Studies (EMGS) Program. His research focuses on international drug policy, transnational crime, and Southeast Asian studies, with an inclination toward postcolonial and decolonial theorizing.

The Katipunan Dialogue Podcast is brought to you by the Strategic Studies Program (SSP) of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS), in partnership with DZUP. The SSP is one of UP CIDS’s 16 research programs, focusing on national security, foreign policy, and related issues.

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