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We have seen a paradigm shift in education in the modern world; consequently, there are challenges for the attainment of quality education. In the fast changing world of the modern age public education is also changing. As part of the transformation the role and responsibility of educators also must be reshaped both in the educational system and in society. In this column and in the next one, I would like to discuss subjects that are often heard and asked about: the role of teachers and the way we can build a democratic modern Philippines. Continue reading →

President Putin seems likely to go down in history as the great Russian leader who won back Crimea without any bloodshed sixty years after the Soviet leader Khrushchev gifted it to Ukraine, and the take over has also been a domestic victory for President Putin.  The next couple of weeks will be an immense battle as Ukraine prepares to elect a president on May 25^th, to agree to a new constitution, and to prevent the Eastern part of Ukraine from splintering away as well. Continue reading →

         Men create ideologies, and when a man dies, his ideology dies with him. Men create systems, and when a man dies, his system dies with him. For example, Fascism in Italy, Communism in the Soviet Union, and Nazism in Germany have all perished and disappeared except for a few residual elements. The only thing left behind these man-made systems is the destruction of many human lives. Continue reading →

We cannot predict the future. Yet one thing is certain. China is emerging as a superpower, both economically and militarily. We already see that China is a big regional power in the Pacific region and is extending its global influence in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and even Europe. China has re-armed with modern weapons for its armed forces and has the largest military in the world in terms of the number of military personnel. As of now, only two countries in Asia Pacific can compete with China, Japan and India. Continue reading →

Since the Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power in 2002, Turkey has played a crucial role in the contemporary Islamic world through economic growth and an increasingly independent foreign policy. Many commentators have even started to suggest that Turkey could be the model democracy for Muslim countries because of the coexistence of democracy and Islam in Turkey, at least on some level. Turkey has apparently become a general inspiration for political and economical liberalization in Arabs countries. Continue reading →

COMMERCE, Texas – The passionate desire of several Greenville residents to help students in the Philippines has led them to Texas A&M University-Commerce where an agreement has been signed to admit Filipino students from the University of Mindanao. Continue reading →

The current power fight between Prime Minister Erodgan and retired Imam Gulen’s mission organization has revealed Gülen’s real agenda. Prime Minister Erdogan is launching a criminal investigation into an alleged “parallel devlet,”  “a state within a state.“ Prime Minister Erdogan put the emeritus Imam Gülen and his mission organization under the spotlight in the election campaigns. Continue reading →

The geopolitics of the Black Sea peninsula has one more time become the center of major events. International politics is not about charity; it is all about national interests, and President Putin does have a national interest in the Ukraine. Thus Putin will do anything to protect that interest. Putin does not want NATO and the US military bases at his back door and will at all cost try to keep NATO and the US out of his border. Continue reading →

The United Nations Is Just a Debating Society: It Needs Urgent Reform Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has apologized to the Syrian people after peace talks in Geneva ended without any progress. Our world has dramatically been changing economically, geopolitically and socially and has shifted the of balance of power from the West to the East. Continue reading →