Title:

 Duterte's deflecting skills will soon not be enough

Author:

Richard Javad Heydarian

Source:

The Straits Times

Date:

December 21, 2017

Description:

The year 2017 was a particularly auspicious one for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in many ways. The controversial Filipino leader, who was elected just a year ago (mid-2016), leveraged Manila's turn as the Asean chair to project himself as a regional power broker.