Walden Bello

Nation contributor Walden Bello ran for vice president of the Philippines on May 9, 2022. He is currently the international adjunct professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Binghamton. A member of the Philippine Congress from 2009 to 2015, he has been charged with cyber libel by the camp of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte for questioning the latter’s record as a public official in the run-up to the May 2022 Philippine elections.

WorldJanuary 4, 2023

The Continuing Imprisonment of Leila de Lima Is an International Scandal

Her incarceration for having the temerity to investigate former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a stain on the reputation of the new Marcos administration.

Walden Bello
World LeadersAugust 18, 2022

Why Walden Bello’s Arrest and Detention for Cyberlibel Demands Attention

The charge is a brazen case of weaponing the law against critics.

Walden Bello
Drug War and Drug PolicyFebruary 27, 2019

Not Even Prison Walls Can Silence Duterte’s Nemesis

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

Walden Bello
October 26, 2018

A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte

Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?

Walden Bello
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Foreign PolicyJune 22, 2018

China’s Bigger Economic Threat

Would the US be better off helping stabilize the Chinese economy, rather than gearing up for a trade war?

Walden Bello
World LeadersJanuary 9, 2017

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Is a Wildly Popular Fascist

Now what?

Walden Bello
Latin AmericaSeptember 21, 2016

How Middle-Class Chileans Contributed to the Overthrow of Salvador Allende

American intervention was one factor leading to the Chilean coup—but unrest on the part of middle-class Chileans was another.

Walden Bello
Campaigns and ElectionsMay 20, 2016

People Say the Next Philippine President Is a Lot Like Trump. Here’s Why.

A hapless elite, an angry electorate, and a brash front-runner with little regard for democratic norms: The latest Philippine election sounds a lot like America’s.

Walden Bello
WorldOctober 5, 2015

China’s Stock Market Crash Is the Latest Crisis of Global Capitalism

Alongside rising protests from farmers and workers, China now confronts a middle class anxious about a slowdown in growth and burned by the stock market bust. It’s a volatile brew.

Walden Bello
AsiaSeptember 22, 2015

What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today

In the Philippines, the grandson of a despised collaborator has endorsed the remilitarization of his country’s former occupiers—by the grandson of a war criminal, no less.

Walden Bello

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WorldJanuary 4, 2023

Her incarceration for having the temerity to investigate former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a stain on the reputation of the new Marcos administration.

World LeadersAugust 18, 2022

The charge is a brazen case of weaponing the law against critics.

Drug War and Drug PolicyFebruary 27, 2019

Amid a crackdown on independent media, the defiant Philippine Senator Leila de Lima enters her third year as a political prisoner.

October 26, 2018

Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Foreign PolicyJune 22, 2018

Would the US be better off helping stabilize the Chinese economy, rather than gearing up for a trade war?

World LeadersJanuary 9, 2017

Now what?

Latin AmericaSeptember 21, 2016

American intervention was one factor leading to the Chilean coup—but unrest on the part of middle-class Chileans was another.

Campaigns and ElectionsMay 20, 2016

A hapless elite, an angry electorate, and a brash front-runner with little regard for democratic norms: The latest Philippine election sounds a lot like America’s.

WorldOctober 5, 2015

Alongside rising protests from farmers and workers, China now confronts a middle class anxious about a slowdown in growth and burned by the stock market bust. It’s a volatile brew.

AsiaSeptember 22, 2015

In the Philippines, the grandson of a despised collaborator has endorsed the remilitarization of his country’s former occupiers—by the grandson of a war criminal, no less.