Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

2025. "Decolonizing Industrialization of the Post-Independence Period: Impact of Fiscal Instruments on Foreign Direct Investment Participation." Eurazsia Szemle 5 (5): 33 - 55. 
2025. "Disaster Resilience in Asian Regional Cooperation: An Emerging Economic Diplomacy." Eurazsia Szemle 5 (3): 11 - 27. 
2025. "Covid-19 Pandemic and Health Supply Chain in the Philippines: Challenges and Countermeasures." Journal of China’s Neighboring Diplomacy 8 (2): 235 - 42.

2024. "Learning Transition in Studying Development: Design, Methodologies/Approaches, Tools in Digital and Hybrid Platforms." International Journal on Open and Distance E-Learning 10 (1): 85-96.

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