Artificial Intelligence in APEC: Progress, Preparedness, and Priorities

This report commissioned by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) critically analyzes the APEC region’s readiness to capitalize on AI. It considers policy and regulatory frameworks, private sector endeavours, ethics, and cross-border linkages. This report aims to identify the critical features of an enabling environment that would facilitate the development, deployment, and adoption of AI for the purposes of promoting economic growth and integration across the region.



The Rise of China’s Structural Power in Southeast Asia: A Philippine Perspective

This research paper was the final major assignment for my POLI 366 International Political Economy class. In this research paper, I utilized Susan Strange's Four Structures of Power as a theoretical framework to analyze the rise of Chinese influence and power in Southeast Asia. Using my home country (the Philippines) as a case study, I examined how contemporary Chinese foreign policy has led to geopolitical tensions in four structures of power: security, production, finance, and knowledge.



TikTok Policy Brief

An Analysis of the TikTok Controversy in the USA from the Perspective of an Advisor to ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming



Huawei and Technology Geopolitics

A report on the Chinese multinational corporation (MNC) Huawei, focusing on its current delicate position within global technology geopolitics written for POLI 372A Multinational Corporations & Globalization