Dr. Sherwin E. Ona

Sherwin E. Ona is an associate professor of political science and development studies at De La Salle University. He is a senior fellow of the Philippine Public Safety College and the Stratbase Institute. Dr. Ona is also an alumnus of the DKI-Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies and an international fellow of the Institute for National Defense and Security Research of Taiwan.

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