@article{oai:kokushikan.repo.nii.ac.jp:00012580,
 author = {Cau, Enrico},
 journal = {Asia Japan Journal = AJ Journal = AJJ = アジア・日本研究センター紀要},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {After the stalling of the negotiations for the approval of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), during President Aquino tenure, the election of Rodrigo R. Duterte as the President of the Philippines has been hailed as a fresh opportunity for the negotiations aimed at the creation of an autonomous region in the Southern Philippines. The challenges posed by the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BAR), are indeed complex and multifarious. On the one side, lies the pressing moral and political need to redress the historical wrongs of colonialism, re-establish the legitimate ancestral territorial rights of the Muslim Moro populations and put an end to decades of conflict. On the other side of the spectrum lie several social, strategic and geopolitical risks associated with the creation of the BAR in the Southern Philippines, an initiative that has been met with the opposition of a huge part of the political establishment and the public opinion. This is due to the lingering doubts that the creation of such an entity could eventually lead to the establishment of a Muslim-ruled substate in the South of the Philippines, whose negative implications could overreach the Filipino borders and spread across the region. The instances of the Bangsamoro people have been met with conciliatory tones by Duterte, who promised to deliver on the issue by building on a federalist platform that should be extended to the whole of the Philippines. However, implementing such a platform could spark a series of chain effects, with domestic and regional implications. This paper provides an analysis of the steps leading to the creation of the Bangsamoro entity and its potential implications., application/pdf},
 pages = {79--97},
 title = {Duterte, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region conundrum and its implications},
 volume = {12},
 year = {2017}
}