A Conflict Resolution Framework: The Philippines’ Five-Decade Insurgency
Institutional Affiliation
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Start Date
2-11-2023 3:30 PM
End Date
2-11-2023 5:00 PM
Proposal Type
Presentation
Proposal Format
On-campus
Proposal Description
PROPOSAL, PCSJ CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 2-3, 2023
Title:
A Conflict Resolution Framework: The Philippines’ Five-Decade Insurgency
Proponent:
Ltc Celeste Frank L Sayson Ph.D.
Proposal Description
In the more than five decades of ongoing Philippines’ insurgency with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) currently branded as the Communist Terrorist Group or CTG, this study established a framework for resolving conflicts – the Human Centered Security and Development Approach (HCSDA). It argued that development and security are intertwined in resolving insurgencies, and there should be a deeper appreciation of good governance and the right perspective of development along this construct. It found that there is “unity of the opposites” under the context of good governance which should be instituted on the democratization of counterinsurgency mechanisms claiming that the concrete analysis of concrete conditions leads to concrete solutions in the realm of security and development. Using Karl Marx’s dialectic and historical materialism, and Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics specifically on effective historical consciousness, the study found that deeply ingrained objective conditions or grounds for change are the fundamental problems that should be resolved. It established that the Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental, and Military (PESTEM) or national security dimension needs improvements; the inequality, dynasties, and oligarchy are conclusively present in Philippine society; and the CTG’s narrative of imperialism, bureaucratic capitalism, and feudalism was effectively used in the CTG’s ideological, political, and military works paving the way of frustration and aggression.
The researcher carefully examined the ideology, organization, and strategies used by former top-ranking insurgent leaders and Philippines counterinsurgency experts. It examined four case studies and four Focused Group Discussions and triangulated it with the insurgency experience of Columbia, Nepal, and the Philippines’ HUK insurgency in the 1950s using Yin's (2012) qualitative-descriptive technique in a grounded theory approach.
Finally, this study provides a fresh framework of conflict understanding and resolution for scholars and security sector planners in the fields of governance, security, and development administration.
A Conflict Resolution Framework: The Philippines’ Five-Decade Insurgency
PROPOSAL, PCSJ CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 2-3, 2023
Title:
A Conflict Resolution Framework: The Philippines’ Five-Decade Insurgency
Proponent:
Ltc Celeste Frank L Sayson Ph.D.
Proposal Description
In the more than five decades of ongoing Philippines’ insurgency with the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) currently branded as the Communist Terrorist Group or CTG, this study established a framework for resolving conflicts – the Human Centered Security and Development Approach (HCSDA). It argued that development and security are intertwined in resolving insurgencies, and there should be a deeper appreciation of good governance and the right perspective of development along this construct. It found that there is “unity of the opposites” under the context of good governance which should be instituted on the democratization of counterinsurgency mechanisms claiming that the concrete analysis of concrete conditions leads to concrete solutions in the realm of security and development. Using Karl Marx’s dialectic and historical materialism, and Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics specifically on effective historical consciousness, the study found that deeply ingrained objective conditions or grounds for change are the fundamental problems that should be resolved. It established that the Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental, and Military (PESTEM) or national security dimension needs improvements; the inequality, dynasties, and oligarchy are conclusively present in Philippine society; and the CTG’s narrative of imperialism, bureaucratic capitalism, and feudalism was effectively used in the CTG’s ideological, political, and military works paving the way of frustration and aggression.
The researcher carefully examined the ideology, organization, and strategies used by former top-ranking insurgent leaders and Philippines counterinsurgency experts. It examined four case studies and four Focused Group Discussions and triangulated it with the insurgency experience of Columbia, Nepal, and the Philippines’ HUK insurgency in the 1950s using Yin's (2012) qualitative-descriptive technique in a grounded theory approach.
Finally, this study provides a fresh framework of conflict understanding and resolution for scholars and security sector planners in the fields of governance, security, and development administration.