Readings in Philippine History
December 11, 2020
Moro
Peace Studies: Insurgencies in the Philippines
Peace Studies
a social science
field that
identifies and
analyzes violent
and nonviolent
behaviours
Insurgency
a violent, armed
rebellion against
authority when
those taking part
in the rebellion
are not recognized
as belligerents
(lawful
combatants)
Armed
rebellion
EDSA People
Power
Counterinsurgency
a military or
political
action taken
against the
activities of
guerrillas or
revolutionaries
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
nation of the Moro,
the home of the
Muslims who fight
for their selfdetermination and
aspirations for a
peaceful and
progressive region
The Communist Insurgency
in the Philippines
The Philippine
government is unable to
control and develop
large parts of the
country because of the
longstanding communist
insurgency.
CPP & NPA
The Communist Party of
the Philippines (CPP)
and its New People’s
Army (NPA) launched
their armed struggle
against the Philippine
government in 1968.
Communist
Party of the
Philippines
New
People’s
Army
MNLF & MILF
Moro National Liberation
Front (MNLF) and Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) in
the early 1970's
MNLF & MILF
Moro Separatism in the Philippines:
The Strategic Failure of a Promising
Counterinsurgency
Since the 1970’s, the
Philippine government has
undertaken various
counterinsurgency (COIN)
strategies in an attempt to
assert control over the
Filipino Muslim population,
known as the Moro community.
Bangsamoro Organic Law
- Organic Law for the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao
- signed on July 26, 2018 and
was effective on August 10,
2018
- made to establish a new
autonomous political entity
in the BAR