THE WAR ON DRUGS OF PHILIPPINES AND INDONESIA: A LITERATURE REVIEW
Abstract
The paper explains the realities surrounding the Drug Wars of Indonesia and Philippines
through a comparative lens. Analytically, the existing literature of both the Philippine case and
Indonesian case about War on Drugs are scrutinized based on the context which depicts the
severity of the drug problem; the strategies undertaken; the political figures of the Indonesian
and Philippine Drug Wars, Joko Widodo and Rodrigo Duterte; and lastly, the criticisms
surrounding the drug campaigns.