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Title:
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Duterte's deflecting skills will soon not be enough
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Author:
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Richard Javad Heydarian
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Source:
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The Straits Times
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Date:
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December 21, 2017
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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.