Richard Heydarian, an APF Canada Indo-Pacific Visiting Scholar, will speak in Winnipeg (September 9), Ottawa (September 12), and Vancouver (September 15) on recent political and security developments in the Philippines and opportunities for closer engagement with Canada.
Please check back in the coming weeks for more details on the time, venue, and registration details.
Mr. Heydarian is a global columnist and policy advisor and a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines' Asian Center. He is a columnist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, TV host at OneNews/TV5 network, and has written for the world’s leading publications, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, Foreign Affairs, and is a regular contributor to Aljazeera English, Nikkei Asian Review, South China Morning Post, and the Straits Times. His most recent books include The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy (2017) and The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China, and the New Global Struggle for Mastery (2019).
