Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in International Relations, University of Tehran
  • Master in International Relations, University of Shahid Beheshti
  • B.S. in International Relations, Mindanao State University, Marawi City

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Mindanao issues
  • International relations
  • Philippine external relations with the Middle East
  • Political economy of the Middle East
  • Energy security in Asia
  • Persian Gulf security issues
  • Middle Easterners in the Philippines