Richard Heydarian is a multi-awarded public educator, academic, columnist, and policy adviser. He has taught political science at De La Salle University and Ateneo De Manila University, and is an incoming research fellow at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. He is currently resident analyst at GMA network, a columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and a regular opinion writer for leading global publications. His latest book is 'The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt against Elite Democracy,' which was among The Financial Times’ “Best of weekend long reads,” and described as “a superb monograph on the Duterte Phenomenon, grounded in political theory and Philippine history...” The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) describes it as an important work which, “vividly describes the simmering public dissatisfaction with post-Marcos ‘elite democracy’ that paved the way for Duterte’s rapid rise to power…”
