Frances Antoinette Cruz is Assistant Professor of German at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman, and the co-convenor of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same University. Her current research interest revolves around using text analytics to map conceptual changes in International Relations scholarship. She is President of the Philippine International Studies Organization and Vice President of the European Studies Association of the Philippines.Nassef Manabilang Adiong is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, and initiated the creation of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center of Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same university. He is the founder of Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort) and PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization). See his full academic profile at https://nassef.info/.

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• Acknowledgement List of contributors Preface 1. Introduction (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz & Nassef Manabilang Adiong) Part 1: Mapping Concepts 2. Butuan in the Pre-colonial Southeast Asian International System: Reconstructing International History from Text, Memory, and Artifacts (John Harvey Gamas) 3. José Rizal Attacks Imperialism Softly: Comprehending the Depths of Psychological Conversion and the Temptations of Violent Solutions (Alan Chong) 4. Constantino Revisited: The ‘Miseducation’ and Diplomacy of the Filipinos (Erickson D. Calata) 5. Publishing on the ‘International’ in the Philippines: A Lexicometric Inquiry (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz) 6. Internationalizing Pagdamay and Palakasan: A Philippine Perspective on Duterte Foreign Policy (Ricardo Roy A. Lopez) 7. Discursive Experiments in Vernacularizing International Studies in the Philippines (Adonis Elumbre) Part 2: Mapping Practices 8. The Case of Agrarian Reforms in Philippine-USA Relations: A Biopolitical Perspective (Aliya Peleo) 9. Marginalization of Interests:  The Case of Philippine-Middle East Relations (Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr.) 10. Political and Economic Perspectives on Diversification in Philippine-South America Relations (Florencia Rubiolo) 11. Religious Actors in the International Sphere:  The Case of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines  (John Raymon Jison & Yvan Ysmael Yonaha) 12. Religious Expertise, Public Theology and Philippine Regime Compliance (Brian U. Doce) 13. Securitization of the Global War on Terror and Counterterrorism Cooperation against the Abu Sayyaf Group (Patrick Dave Q. Bugarin) 14. Sexploitative Human Trafficking In, Out and Beyond the Philippines: A Liquid Problem in a Cosmopolar International System (Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano) 15. Conclusion: Small Statism and the Non-issue of IR in the Philippines (Amador IV Peleo) Index

Frances Antoinette Cruz is Assistant Professor of German at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman, and the co-convenor of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same University. Her current research interest revolves around using text analytics to map conceptual changes in International Relations scholarship. She is President of the Philippine International Studies Organization and Vice President of the European Studies Association of the Philippines.Nassef Manabilang Adiong is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, and initiated the creation of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center of Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same university. He is the founder of Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort) and PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization). See his full academic profile at https://nassef.info/.

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• Acknowledgement List of contributors Preface 1. Introduction (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz & Nassef Manabilang Adiong) Part 1: Mapping Concepts 2. Butuan in the Pre-colonial Southeast Asian International System: Reconstructing International History from Text, Memory, and Artifacts (John Harvey Gamas) 3. José Rizal Attacks Imperialism Softly: Comprehending the Depths of Psychological Conversion and the Temptations of Violent Solutions (Alan Chong) 4. Constantino Revisited: The ‘Miseducation’ and Diplomacy of the Filipinos (Erickson D. Calata) 5. Publishing on the ‘International’ in the Philippines: A Lexicometric Inquiry (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz) 6. Internationalizing Pagdamay and Palakasan: A Philippine Perspective on Duterte Foreign Policy (Ricardo Roy A. Lopez) 7. Discursive Experiments in Vernacularizing International Studies in the Philippines (Adonis Elumbre) Part 2: Mapping Practices 8. The Case of Agrarian Reforms in Philippine-USA Relations: A Biopolitical Perspective (Aliya Peleo) 9. Marginalization of Interests:  The Case of Philippine-Middle East Relations (Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr.) 10. Political and Economic Perspectives on Diversification in Philippine-South America Relations (Florencia Rubiolo) 11. Religious Actors in the International Sphere:  The Case of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines  (John Raymon Jison & Yvan Ysmael Yonaha) 12. Religious Expertise, Public Theology and Philippine Regime Compliance (Brian U. Doce) 13. Securitization of the Global War on Terror and Counterterrorism Cooperation against the Abu Sayyaf Group (Patrick Dave Q. Bugarin) 14. Sexploitative Human Trafficking In, Out and Beyond the Philippines: A Liquid Problem in a Cosmopolar International System (Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano) 15. Conclusion: Small Statism and the Non-issue of IR in the Philippines (Amador IV Peleo) Index

Frances Antoinette Cruz is Assistant Professor of German at the College of Arts and Letters, University of the Philippines Diliman, and the co-convenor of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same University. Her current research interest revolves around using text analytics to map conceptual changes in International Relations scholarship. She is President of the Philippine International Studies Organization and Vice President of the European Studies Association of the Philippines.Nassef Manabilang Adiong is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Islamic Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman, and initiated the creation of the Decolonial Studies Program at the Center of Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) at the same university. He is the founder of Co-IRIS (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort) and PHISO (Philippine International Studies Organization). See his full academic profile at https://nassef.info/.

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• Acknowledgement List of contributors Preface 1. Introduction (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz & Nassef Manabilang Adiong) Part 1: Mapping Concepts 2. Butuan in the Pre-colonial Southeast Asian International System: Reconstructing International History from Text, Memory, and Artifacts (John Harvey Gamas) 3. José Rizal Attacks Imperialism Softly: Comprehending the Depths of Psychological Conversion and the Temptations of Violent Solutions (Alan Chong) 4. Constantino Revisited: The ‘Miseducation’ and Diplomacy of the Filipinos (Erickson D. Calata) 5. Publishing on the ‘International’ in the Philippines: A Lexicometric Inquiry (Frances Antoinette C. Cruz) 6. Internationalizing Pagdamay and Palakasan: A Philippine Perspective on Duterte Foreign Policy (Ricardo Roy A. Lopez) 7. Discursive Experiments in Vernacularizing International Studies in the Philippines (Adonis Elumbre) Part 2: Mapping Practices 8. The Case of Agrarian Reforms in Philippine-USA Relations: A Biopolitical Perspective (Aliya Peleo) 9. Marginalization of Interests:  The Case of Philippine-Middle East Relations (Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr.) 10. Political and Economic Perspectives on Diversification in Philippine-South America Relations (Florencia Rubiolo) 11. Religious Actors in the International Sphere:  The Case of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines  (John Raymon Jison & Yvan Ysmael Yonaha) 12. Religious Expertise, Public Theology and Philippine Regime Compliance (Brian U. Doce) 13. Securitization of the Global War on Terror and Counterterrorism Cooperation against the Abu Sayyaf Group (Patrick Dave Q. Bugarin) 14. Sexploitative Human Trafficking In, Out and Beyond the Philippines: A Liquid Problem in a Cosmopolar International System (Archill Niña Faller-Capistrano) 15. Conclusion: Small Statism and the Non-issue of IR in the Philippines (Amador IV Peleo) Index