Nik de Ynchausti
Nik de Ynchausti
Nik Skalomenos de Ynchausti splits his time between the business world and the non-profit world. When he has the opportunity to write, he focuses on the intersection between Philippine politics, culture, history, and identity.
A world that is shifting away from liberal democracy to illiberalism must be a concern for nations that still bear the marks of our colonial past
The brazenness was palpable. Aided and abetted from on high, Ferdinand E. Marcos was buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani.
Instead of learning from one of the darkest periods in our history, we are honoring the architect of our national tragedy.
Why American politics is making us go, "What's the big deal?"
Assessing the Duterte administration and the Disruptor-in-Chief.
All you need: The Philippines' relative shallow sense of historical community, and politicians, populists, and demagogues.
Today, the Marcos family has almost successfully re-imagined Martial Law as a sort of Golden Age of benevolent authoritarianism. How does a nation push back?
By the numbers: Extrajudicial killings, human rights violations, impunity, corruption, the squandering of our economic dynamism. For the aggrandizement of one family.
On Marcos' myth-making, and how it has resonated via our increasing collective denial of what occurred during his Martial Law. First of three parts.
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