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

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2024. "Israel’s Expanding War and Its Implications to the Philippines." Stratsea, 14 October.
2023. "Urgently Needed: Strategic Elevation of Philippines-Middle East Relations." Stratsea, 6 February.
2021. "Analyzing President Duterte's Foreign Policy Approach towards the Middle East Region." Manara Magazine, 8 December.
2020. "Is the deployment ban of Filipino workers to Kuwait misconceived?" East Asia Forum, 6 March.
2017. Review of Jewish Identities in East and Southeast Asia: Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Harbin, Shanghai, Rangoon, and Surabaya, v.6 by Jonathan Goldstein. Pacific Affairs 90 (3). 
2016. "To embrace the spirit of acceptance and tolerance." Inquirer, 8 April.
2015. Review of "Importing Democracy: The Role of NGOs in South Africa, Tajikistan and Argentina" by Julie F. Melton, Kettering Foundation Press, Ohio. Journal of South Asian Studies 3 (3): 417–18. 
2013. "The role of the military and the rulers of the Gulf States in stabalizing or de-stabalizing Egypt." Islamic Societies Review, 17 July. 
2013. "Attack on Syria,multilateral approach to resolving this crisis remains a crucial instrument." Islamic Societies Review, 27 August.
2013. "Armed Forces: What’s Next for Morsi’s Egypt?" Islamic Societies Review, 8 July.
2013. “Turkish Cultural Diplomacy in the Philippines.” Middle East Institute, 13 November.
2013. "Philippine-Iran Relations: Taking Advantage of New Opportunities and Promise." Forging a New Philippine Foreign Policy, 30 July.
2013. "The Philippines’ Elusive Quest for Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Observer Status." Middle East Institute, Middle East Asia Project, March.
2013. "The Emergency Evacuation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Libya and Syria." Middle East Institute, Middle East Asia Project, February. 
2012. “Imam Khomeini’s Ideas and Personality: Impact on International Relations.” Payam-e-Mehr 3 (8):30–36 Special Issue, January-February. 
2011. “Hajj and the Unity of Men.” Payam-e-Mehr 2:7 (December, Special Edition) 62–68. 
2010. “Getting to know our neighbour better.” Payam-e-Mehr (February-April).
2009. “Introducing Iranian Studies in the Philippine Universities: A Soft Approach in Cultural Dialogue.” Payam-e-Mehr 1:1 (July-September). 
2009. “The Political Economy of Energy and the Nation-State System: An Evaluation of Dependency in Japan, China, South Korea, And the Philippines.” Peyam-e Mehr 1:2.
Comments (Readers' Forum)
2013. "Breaking Tough Diplomacy." Jakarta Post, 10 July.
2013. "Transnational Role in Syrian War." Jakarta Post, 28 June. 
2013. "Turkey in the middle of Arab uprising." Jakarta Post, 18 July.
2013. "US-Iran Engagement." Jakarta Post, 01 August.