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About Mark Dearn

Mark Dearn is a freelance journalist who has written and researched for the Independent, the Chunichi Shimbun and Tokyo Shimbun

Articles by Mark Dearn

Monday 24th January

New Philippine counter-insurgency strategy fails to address the causes of conflict

A new, purportedly human rights-orientated counter-insurgency strategy has little chance of success in the Philippines if the clientelism of a flawed political and economic system is not simultaneously addressed, argues Mark Dearn
Monday 19th October

Abductions and disappearances in the Philippines

The west looks away, observes Mark Dearn
Thursday 4th June

Mindanao: poverty on the frontlines

Poverty and a lack of political will fuel insurgency in the restive south of the Philippines
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