Dr. Wilfrido V. Villacorta
AY 1988-1989
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I would like to thank God for my having been blessed with the opportunity of becoming a professor at De La Salle University. I had just gotten married in 1970; I was a Ph.D. candidate who needed a job. I was fortunate that Brother Francis Garvey, then Dean of Arts and Sciences, invited me to help in building the Political Science and the Asian Studies programs.
In the following year came this intellectual giant, Brother Andrew Gonzalez. He had just finished his doctorate in Linguistics at Berkeley and was appointed as Academic Vice-President. He was a visionary leader who appreciated the challenges and possibilities facing our College. In 1975, De La Salle was accorded the status of a university. Among the measures introduced by Brother Andrew was the further enhancement of academic standards by actively recruiting more faculty members who were research-oriented. It was also at that time when De La Salle began admitting female students. He also presided over the establishment of additional campuses in order to reach out to more sectors of the population and increase access to quality education and La Sallian values.
Through the years, he was my academic mentor who inspired me to hone my restless mind. His advice was: Focus, Focus, Focus. He and his predecessor, Brother President Gabriel Connon, constantly urged me to finish my doctoral dissertation.
Brother Andrew nominated me to be Chair of the Philippine Social Science Council in 1980. It was a great honor because the Council, founded in 1968 by prominent social scientists such as Dr. Mercedes Concepcion, Fr. Frank Lynch, Dr. Bonifacio Sibayan, and Dr. Cristina Parel, had just celebrated its 12th anniversary.
Brother Andrew and I got along well. We shared many interests: politics, international affairs, history, arts and culture and, of course, food. He, Victor Ordoñez and I were the only academic representatives in the first Philippine educational delegation to China in 1976. My mentor complimented me for my initiative in organizing the delegation
The liberal climate in De La Salle encouraged faculty members and students to express themselves even during the martial-law days. In the EDSA people-power upheaval, De La Salle’s contingent was one of the largest. From Taft, we met up with students of La Salle Greenhills and marched to the area of Camp Aguinaldo. In the transition period after the dictatorship ended, the 1986 Constitutional Commission was formed. The Christian Brothers, my colleagues in the faculty and the non-teaching staff supported me when I was entrusted by President Corazon Aquino to be a member of this Constitutional Commission.
When he was President, Brother Andrew appointed me Dean of the reorganized College of Liberal Arts and later, Senior Vice-President for External Relations. As always, I benefitted from his advice. A lesson I learned from him: keep meetings short; if an issue cannot be resolved, delegate it to an ad hoc committee and ask its members to report their recommendations as soon as possible. He endeared himself to the faculty, fellow admistrators and staff by sending them small notes of encouragement and congratulations for their achievements.
He sent me to AIM for the Executive Course in Management Development. Brother Andrew and I worked together to raise funds for professorial chairs, buildings (e.g. the Computer Studies College and the Yuchengco Hall, and the A. King Medical Research Center in Dasmariñas), TV studios (e.g. Communication Arts) the libraries and laboratories, as well as faculty development and academic exchange for faculty and students. Brother Andrew also set the example of an administrator who continues to do research — a tough act to follow. One of my fulfilling projects was co-authoring with him the book on the development of the national language provisions in the Philippine Constitution. Most of my other publications were on ASEAN, Japan and Philippine foreign relations. He also helped me in approaching Ambassador Alfonso Yuchengco to support the formation of the Yuchengco Center, a research center on East Asia based in the University.
Working with Brother Andrew broadened my horizons and motivated me to contribute to public service. I was fortunate to have been selected by then Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople, my former colleague in the Constitutional Commission, to be the ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General from 2003 to 2006. It was the Philippines’ turn to assume that Jakarta-based position. The posting gave me the credentials to be later appointed by then President Benigno Aquino III as Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the ASEAN.
Brother Andrew fell ill in 2005, and I was able to visit him in December of that year. A month after, he passed away. Like all those whose lives were touched by him, my grateful family and I miss him to this day.
CURRICULUM VITAE
(updated as of 16 October 2017)
1. Present Academic Positions
2. Past Government/ Inter-Governmental Positions
3. Past Academic Positions
4. Educational Background
5. Major Honors and Awards
6. Other Academic and International Engagements
7. Selected Publications
1. Present Academic Positions:
- Professor Emeritus and University Fellow, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- Honorary Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Oita, Japan
- Trustee, Asia-Pacific Pathways for Progress Foundation Inc. (APPFI)
- Trustee, ASEAN Society, Philippines
2. Past Government/ Inter-Governmental Positions:
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- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)–(Appointed in October 2010, retired on 30 June 2012)
- Deputy Secretary-General, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (1 August 2003- 31 August 2006)
- Delegate, 1986 Constitutional Commission (which drafted the present 1987 Constitution) (May 1986- February 1987) — authored the provisions on education, the rights of children, and sectoral representation for the marginalized. Co-sponsored equal rights of women and men, social justice and human rights, the mandate for an independent foreign policy, and the ban against nuclear weapons, foreign military bases and foreign troops.
- Senior Specialist, Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) (September 1976- March 1978)
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3. Past Academic Positions:
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- Advisor to the President of the Asian Institute of Management, on Regional Networking (2007-2009)
- Founding President, Yuchengco Center, De La Salle University (August 1994- July 2003)
- Member-Commissioner for the Social Sciences, UNESCO National Commission, Philippines (2007- 2010)
- Senior Vice-President for External Affairs, De La Salle University (March 1987- July 1994)
- Dean, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University (January 1983- June 1986)
- Secretary-General, Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) (April 1978- December 1982)
- Chairman, Philippine Social Science Council (January- December 1980)
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4. Educational Background:
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- A.B. Political Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 1965.
- M.A., Politics (major in Public International Law and International Relations), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA, 1968. (Recipient of Penfield Fellowship)
- Ph.D., Politics (major in Public International Law and International Relations), Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA, 1972. (Recipient of Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship, to conduct research in the UN Legal Committee and in Southeast Asia)
- Executive Course: Management Development Program, Asian Institute of Management, 1984.
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5. Major Honors and Awards:
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- Distinguished Leadership Award, Philippine Political Science Association, 21 April 2016.
- Presidential Medal of Merit. Conferred by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, 2007.
- Outstanding Manilan Award (Education and Diplomacy), 2005.
- Member of the Curatorium, Xiamen Academy of International Law. Appointed in 2005 (nominated by H.E. Hisashi Owada, former President of the International Court of Justice).
- Honorary Professor and International Academic Advisor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Oita Prefecture, Japan. Appointed in 2000.
- Academician, Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1999.
- Fulbright-Freeman Foundation Distinguished Centennial Lecturer Award. Granted in 1998.
- Centenary of Benedictines in the Philippines Award in Education. Accorded in 1995.
- Chevalier dans L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques. Academic decoration bestowed by the Government of France, 1992.
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6. Other Academic and International Engagements:
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- Member-Commissioner for the Social Sciences, UNESCO National Commission, Philippines (2007-2010)
- Grantee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grantee- based at Waseda University, Tokyo (January 1994)
- Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Sinapore (February-March1994)
- Japan Foundation Fellowship – based at the Institute of Developing Economies (Ajia Keizai Kenkyujo), Tokyo, Japan (June- November 1993)
- Consultant, International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Sweden (2007-2009)
- Grantee, International Visitors Program, US State Department (visited and gave talks at leading think tanks in Washington D.C., New York and California) (1992)
- Special Guest of the French Government, Bicentennial Celebration of the French Revolution (July 1989)
- Philippine Representative, Bicentennial Celebration of the American Constitution at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., where he read the message of then President Corazon Aquino (April-May 1987). Also invited as Speaker on the Philippine Constitution at the Independence Hall in Philadelphia (May 1987)
- Delegate, International Peace Conference, sponsored by the Academy of Sciences, Nakhodka, Russia (1985)
- Vice-Chair, Philippine Social Science Delegation to Viet Nam (1981)
- Chair, Philippine Social Science Delegation to China (1980)
- Visiting Professor: Ohio University (1987); Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University (Japan) (2000, 2002); National University of Laos –sponsored by Sasakawa Foundation (2001) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as Third-Country Expert (2002); Asia-Europe Institute of the University of Malaya (2007-2008); Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (2009); University of Southern Queensland (Australia) (1994); Waseda University (Japan) (1982).
- Visiting Scholar (invited for lectures or for joint research): University of Wisconsin in Madison and Northern Illinois University (USA), Sun Yat-sen University (China), Griffith University, University of New South Wales and Flinders University (Australia); University of Toronto, York University, University of Ottawa and University of British Columbia (Canada); Han Nam University (South Korea), Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (Malaysia), National University of Singapore (Department of Southeast Asian Studies), Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Satya Wacana, Universitas Parahyangan, and Universitas Atma Jaya (Indonesia), Chulalongkorn University and Assumption University (Thailand), Osaka University, Doshisha University, Kobe University, Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto), Nihon University, Ibaraki University, Soka University, Fukuoka University, Meio University (Japan), and University of Hong Kong.
- As Fulbright-Freeman grantee, lectured at Columbia University, Arizona State University, Arkansas University and University of California (San Diego) (1998).
- Participant in conferences in China, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Mexico, Peru and Chile
- Official delegate and speaker at the Viet Nam Diplomatic Academy annual conference on the South China Sea in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and the Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and at APEC meetings in Canada, China, Chile and the Philippines
- Secretary, Official Philippine Educational Delegation to China (1976)
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7. Selected Publications:
7.1 Books
2011. Noynoy Aquino: Triumph of a People’s Campaign. Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
2001. Co-authored with Andrew Gonzalez, FSC. The Language Provision of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
2002. Co-authored with Bachtiar Alam (Japanese Studies Center Director, University of Indonesia). Perceptions of Japan and the Japanese by Filipinos and Indonesians: An Intergenerational Study. Manila: De La Salle University Press.
1995. The Political Economy of Japan’s Foreign Policy towards ASEAN Countries. Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies.
1983. Ang Pangaral ng Buddha. A translation of the book, The Teaching of Buddha. Commissioned by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Buddhist Promoting Foundation), Tokyo.
1976. Towards the Post-Mao Era: Selected Chinese Sources on Contemporary China. Manila: De La Salle University.
7.2 Edited Books
2001. Coalition-Building and APEC. Makati City: Philippine APEC Study Center Network, Philippine Institute for Development Studies and the Yuchengco Center.
1999. Co-edited with Reinaruth Carlos (Ryukoku University). Rebuilding Bridges: 50 years of Philippines-Japan relations, 1948-1998. Manila: Yuchengco Center.
1996. Co-edited with Scott Thompson (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy). The Philippine Road to NIChood. Manila: De La Salle University and Social Weather Stations.
1996. Co-edited with Reinaruth Carlos. Towards a Shared Future through Mutual Understanding: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Philippines-Japan Relations. Manila: Yuchengco Institute of Philippines- Japan Relations, De La Salle University.
1989. Co-edited with Isagani Cruz and Maria Lourdes Brillantes. Manila: History, Culture and People. Manila: De La Salle University Press.
1976. Co-editorship with Charles McCarthy. The Chinese in ASEAN Countries. Manila: De La Salle University. (Also published in the Philippine Sociological Review, 1976).
7.3 Chapters in Books or e-Book
2015. “ASEAN-India Vision Statement: Evolving Role for India in the Asia-Pacific Region.” Realizing the ASEAN-India Vision for Partnership and Prosperity. Ed, by Rumel Dahiya and Udai Bhanu Singh. Delhi: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 25-28.
2014. “Solidarity in Diversity: Building an Identity for a People-Centered ASEAN Community,“ Building ASEAN Identity on a Transnational Dimension. Ed. by Yasushi Kikuchi and Vesselin Popovski (eds.), Tokyo: United Nations University. 43-49.
2011. “Strengthening the Foundation for an ASEAN Community.” ASEAN Matters! Reflecting on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Ed. by Lee Yoong Yoong. Singapore: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS), Institute of Policy Studies, NUS, and World Scientific Publishing. 303- 314.
2011. “Impact of Public Governance on the Rights of the Child.” The Future of the Filipino Child: Development Issues and Trends. Ed. by Florangel Rosario-Braid, Ramon Tuazon and Ann Lourdes Lopez. Metro Manila: UNICEF and Asian Institute of Communications and Journalism. 208- 227.
2009. Inter-Regional Cooperation in Democracy Building: Prospects for Enhanced ASEAN-EU Engagements. Stockholm: International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). http://www.idea.int/resources/analysis/asean-eu_engagement.cfm
2007. “ASEAN-Japan Relations: The China Factor.” Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Southeast Asia: Progress and Challenges through Half- a-Century. Ed. by Ronald Holmes. Quezon City: Philippine Social Science Council and The Japan Foundation. 59- 74.
2006. “The Human Person in Theravada Buddhism and Islam: Implications for Governance in Southeast Asia.” Conceptualization of the Person in the Social Sciences. Ed. by Edmond Malinvaud and Mary Ann Glendon. Vatican City: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. 209- 235.
2003. “Political Relations between Japan and the Philippines during the Aquino and Ramos Administrations.” Philippines-Japan Relations. Ed. by Ikehata Setsuho and Lydia Yu Jose. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press.
2002. “Verso una Cultura Civica e Universale.” Globalizzazione: Conflitto o Dialogo di Civilta? (Italian translation.) Ed. by Roberto Papini. Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane.
2002. “The American Influence on Philippine Political and Constitutional Tradition.” Mixed Blessing: The Impact of the American Colonial Experience on Politics and Society in the Philippines. Ed. by Hazel McFerson. Wesport CT: Greenwood Publishing Group.
2002. “The Strategic Implications of the Asian Financial Crisis: A Philippine Perspective.” IThe European Union, United States and ASEAN: Challenges and Prospects for Cooperative Engagement in the 21st Century. Ed. by K.S. Nathan. London: ASEAN Press.
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2001. Co-authored with Tereso Tullao, Jr. and Angelo Unite. “The Political Economy of Philippine Commitments to APEC: The Legislative Record.” Coalition-Building and APEC. Ed. by Wilfrido V. Villacorta. Makati City: Philippine APEC Study Center Network, Philippine Institute for Development Studies and the Yuchengco Center.
2000. “Philippine Politics and Requirements of Globalization.” The J. William Fulbright Memorial Lectures 1997-1998. Ed. by Isagani R. Cruz. Makati City: Philippine Fulbright Scholars Association.
2000. “Constitutional Development in the Philippines: Continuing Search for a Framework of Society.” Seven in the Eye of History. Ed. by Asuncion David Maramba. Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
2000. Co-authored with Eric Batalla. “The Political Dimensions of the Philippine Response to the Financial Crisis.” Southeast Asia into the Twenty First Century: Crisis and Beyond. Ed. by Abdul Rahman Emborg and Jurgen Rudolph. Bangi: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
2000. “Filipino Language and Nationalism in the 21st Century.” Parangal Cang Brother Andrew: Festchrift for Andrew Gonzalez on His Sixtieth Birthday. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
2000. “Human Rights and Culture: Implications for Human Security.” Asia’s Emerging Regional Order: Reconciling Traditional and Human Security. Ed. by William Tow, Ramesh Thakur and In-Taek Hyun. New York: United Nations University Press.
1999. “Ang Politika ng Wikang Pambansa sa Kasaysayang Konstitusyunal ng Pilipinas.” The Filipino Bilingual: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
1999. “Philippines: Nationalism and Regionalism.” Strategic Cultures in the Asia-Pacific Region. Ed. by Ken Booth and Russell Trood. New York: St. Martin’s Press; London: Macmillan Press.,
1999. “Philippines’ Performance during the Financial Crisis: Implications for U.S. and Japanese Involvement.” Southeast Asia’s Changing Landscape: Implications for U.S.-Japan Relations on the Eve of the Twenty- First Century. Ed. by Gerrit W. Gong. Washington D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies. 1999. “Japanese Official Development Assistance to the Philippines: An Analysis of the Policy Process and Its History.” Philippines and Japan: Facets and Dimensions. Quezon City: Ateneo De Manila University and Manila: De La Salle University Press.
1999. “Ang Politika ng Wikang Pambansa sa Kasaysayang Konstitusyunal ng Pilipinas.” In The Filipino Bilingual: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. Manila: Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
1998. “Democracy in Asia: A Status Report.” Proceedings on the Workshop on Democracy. Vatican: Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
1998. “Preparing the Child for 2020: Political and Cultural Imperatives.” Megatrends: The Future of Filipino Children. Manila. United Nations Children’s Fund, the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication and Katha Publishing Co., Inc.
1998. “Forging a Southeast Asian Community: Bases and Catalysts for Consolidation.” Winning the Challenges of the New Millennium. Manila: Office of ASEAN Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs.
1998. “Japan-ASEAN Strategic Cooperation.” ASEAN Intellectual Exchange Open Symposium: Japan and ASEAN towards a New Dimension of Cooperation. Ed. by Carolina Hernandez. Quezon City: Institute of Strategic and Development Studies.
1995. “Issues in Sustainable Development in Japan-ASEAN Relations.” In Search of Sustainable Development: Japan in the Circum-Pacific Area. Ed. by Kazuyasu Ochiai. (Mito: Ibaraki University.
1994. Member of Research Team. Philippine Human Development Report. Ed. by Solita Monsod. Makati: United Nations Development Program.
1993. “Asia and the Pacific since 1945: A Filipino Perspective” (translated to Japanese). Ajia-Taiheyo no Sengo Seiji. Ed. by Takashi Inoguchi. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun Press.
1992. “The Philippine Territorial Claim in the South China Sea.” Fishing in Troubled Waters: Proceedings of an Academic Conference on Territorial Claims in the South China Sea. Ed. by R.D. Hill, Norman Owen and E.V. Roberts. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.
1991. “Ideological Orientation of Political Forces in the Aquino Era.” Economy and Politics under Corazon Aquino. Ed. by Bernard Dahm. Hamburg: Mittei lung en des Instituts fur Asienkunde.
1990. “Asia and the Pacific Since 1945.” Handbooks to the Modern World. Ed. by Robert N. Taylor. New York and Oxford: Facts on File.
1990. “Political Contestation in the Philippines: Rhetorics and Reality.” Political Contestation: Case Studies from Asia. Ed. by Norma Mahmoud and Zakaria Haji Ahmad. Singapore: Heimann for Friedrich Naumann Foundation.
1990. “Executive Power in the Philippine Constitution.” Constitutional and Legal Systems of ASEAN Countries. Ed. by Carmelo Sison. Quezon City: Academy of ASEAN Law and Jurisprudence, University of the Philippines Law Complex.
1989. “Philippine-Soviet Relations.” The Soviet Union and the Asia-Pacific Region. Ed. by Pushpa Thambipillai and Daniel Matuszewski. New York: Praeger.
1989. “The Management of National Security in the Philippines: The Role of Leadership Styles.” Leadership Perceptions and National Security: The Southeast Asian Experience. Ed. by Mohammed Ayoob and Chai-anan Samidavanija. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
1987. “The Teacher as a Professional in Philippine Society.” The Educator as a Professional: In the Philippine Context. Golden Jubilee publication of the Phi Delta Kappa. Manila: Phi Delta Kappa (International Honor Society in Education).
1987. “Education in the New Constitution.” Higher Education for National Reconstruction. Manila: National Bookstore.
1986. “Japanese Presence in the Philippines: Filipino Perceptions.” Presence and Perceptions: The Underpinnings of ASEAN-Japan Relations. Ed. by Charles Morrison. Tokyo: Japan Center for International Exchange.
1985. “Western Influences on Social Science Teaching in Philippine Universities.” New Directions in Indigenous Psychology; Sikolohiyang Pilipino: Isyu, Pananaw at Kaalaman. Ed. by Allen Aganon and Sr. Maria Assumpta David. Metro Manila: National Bookstore, Inc.
1984.”The Four Modernizations Program of China: Its Implications for Southeast Asia.” China and Southeast Asia. Ed. by Theresa Chiong-Carino. Manila: China Studies Program, De La Salle University.
1983. Co-authored with Romeo Bautista. “Economic and Political Factors Affecting Philippine-Japan Relations.” ASEAN-Japan Relations: Trade and Development. Ed. by Narongchai Akranasee. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
1982. “Politics and Education in the Philippine Setting.” Issues in Philippine Education. Ed. by Serafin Guingona. Manila: Phi Delta Kappa.
1981. “Southeast Asian Youth at the Crossroads.” Youth in the 1980s. Paris: UNESCO.
1980. “Western Influences on Social Science Research in the Philippines.” In Proceedings: ASAIHL Seminar on “Western Ideas and Higher Education in Asia.” Jakarta: University of Indonesia for ASAIHL.
1980. “The Youth in ASEAN Countries: Trends and Problems for the Eighties.” Commissioned by the UNESCO Youth Division and published in abridged form in three languages in Youth Prospects in the 1980s. Paris: UNESCO.
1978. “Projections for Philippine Education.” New Thrusts in Philippine Education. Ed. by Minda Sutaria. Manila: National Bookstore.
7.4 Articles in Learned Journals
2008. “The ASEAN Charter as a Catalyst to the Realization of the ASEAN Economic Community.” Soochow Law Journal. Volume V, Number 1, January. Pp. 139-147.
2001. “Ang Wikang Filipino sa Edukasyonal na mga Isyu sa Panahon ng Globalisasyon.” Daluyan(Journal ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino). Vol. X, No.1- 4. Edisyong Pangmilenyo.
2000. “Foreign Policy Issues in East Asia: Implications for Relations with Latin America” (translated to Spanish). In Diplomacia (Journal of the Andrés Bello Diplomatic Academy of Chile). No. 85. October – December.
1998. “The Spanish-American War and the Philippine Revolution.” Siglo (Journal of the National Centennial Commission). Vol. 2, No. 1.
1994. “Japan’s Asian Identity: Concern for ASEAN-Japan Relations.” ASEAN Economic Bulletin. Vol. 11, No. 1 (July). 79-92.
1994. “Leadership Imperatives for the Ramos Government.” Contemporary Southeast Asia (Journal of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore). Vol. 16, No. 1.
1991. “The Politics of Language in the Third World: Toward Theory Building.” International Journal of the Sociology of Language. No. 88. 33-44.
1988. “The Dynamics and Processes of Writing the 1987 Constitution.” Philippine Journal of Public Administration. Vol. XXXII, Nos. 3-4. July- October.
1983. “Contending Political Forces in the Philippines Today: The Political Elite and the Legal Opposition.” Contemporary Southeast Asia (Journal of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore). Vol. 5, No. 2. September.
1982. “The Catholic Church in Contemporary Philippine Politics.” The Social Science Review(Waseda University, Tokyo). Vol. 28, No. 1. October.
1981. “Beyond Economic Power: Political Considerations in Philippine-Japanese Trade Relations.” DLSU Dialogue. Vol. XVII, No. 1.
1973. “The Philosophy and Social Gospel of Theravada Buddhism.” Philippiniana Sacra. Vol. VIII, No. 23.
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