Clarita Carlos

Last updated

Clarita Carlos
Clarita Carlos - 2022 (cropped).jpg
Carlos in 2022
National Security Adviser
Ad interim
In office
June 30, 2022 –January 14, 2023
Field Political Science

Clarita Reyes Carlos (born June 24, 1946) is a Filipino political scientist and commentator, academic, and educator who last served as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos from 2022 to 2023. [1] [2] [3] As National Security Adviser, she concurrently served as the Director-General of the National Security Council and Vice Chairperson of the Anti-Terrorism Council. She served as the 16th President of the National Defense College of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, becoming the first female and first civilian to lead the institution. [4]

Contents

She is a retired professor of political science at the University of the Philippines Diliman. [3]

Education

Carlos attended Bonifacio Memorial Elementary School for grade school and La Consolacion College for high school. She earned her bachelor's degree in foreign service from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she also obtained her master's and doctorate degrees in political science. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the political motives behind the policymaking of Philippine presidents Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos. [5]

She pursued post-doctoral studies on political psychology at Cornell University and comparative foreign policy analysis at the University of California at Los Angeles as a Fulbright Visiting Fellow. [6] [7]

Career

A staunch advocate of political reform, Carlos is a political commentator and resource person on various issues ranging from domestic and global politics, political dynamics, geopolitics, international relations, defense and security, and foreign policy. [2] She has written numerous books on democratic deficits, bureaucratic and electoral reforms, political parties, and population ageing. [6] [7]

Academe

Carlos started her career teaching political science, international relations, and environment at the Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, in 1967 at the age of 20. [7] During her tenure, she held numerous professorial chairs, namely: Elpidio Quirino Professorial Chair in International Relations, Maximo Kalaw Professorial Chair on Peace and Environment, and the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Professorial Chair. [7] [8] She retired in June 2011 as a full professor of political science having taught at the university for a total of 56 years.

She also taught European studies at Ateneo de Manila University and geopolitics at San Beda University Graduate School of Law. [9] She is a Member-at-Large of the National Research Council of the Philippines. [7]

Government

National Defense College of the Philippines

Carlos served as the first female and first civilian president of the National Defense College of the Philippines from August 17, 1998, to October 15, 2001. [1] [7] [8] During her presidency, she improved the institution's organizational structure and introduced new academic modules. She also initiated the Strategic Studies Group, a regular forum for military generals, scientists, government officials, and diplomats, to discuss the broadest range of national security issues in the Philippines. [10]

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Commission of Higher Education

During the presidency of Benigno Aquino III, Carlos served as the head of Office of Strategic and Special Concerns of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority. [2] [9] In 2020, Carlos was among the appointees of the Commission of Higher Education in its Technical Panel for Political Science. [8]

National Security Adviser

National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC Vice Chairperson Clarita Carlos during the press conference on the first NTF-ELCAC executive committee meeting in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on July 15, 2022 National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC Vice Chairperson Clarita Carlos during the press conference on the first NTF-ELCAC executive committee meeting in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on July 15, 2022 (55522).jpg
National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC Vice Chairperson Clarita Carlos during the press conference on the first NTF-ELCAC executive committee meeting in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on July 15, 2022

Carlos assumed her position as National Security Adviser on June 30, 2022. She is the first female and third civilian to hold the position since 1986. [10]

Carlos, upon assuming office, has expressed opposition to the use of "red-tagging," or the practice of alleging government critics and activists as communist terrorists, calling it "counterproductive," and preferring a more humane approach in dealing with the communist insurgency in the Philippines by focusing on the "roots of insurgency". The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), established during the previous administration and where Carlos also serves as vice-chair as part of her mandate, has been criticized for allegedly engaging in such practices. [11]

Carlos resigned from the position on January 14, 2023, to join the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department (CPBRD) of the House of Representatives. She was replaced by former Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año. [12]

Consultancy

Since 1993, Carlos is the executive director of StratSearch Foundation, Inc., a public policy think tank. [13] She is also the executive director of Asia Pacific Institute of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Inc. [14] She has also served as consultant in the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and Department of Transportation. [2]

Selected works

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of the Philippines</span> National university system of the Philippines

The University of the Philippines is a state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500, giving it institutional autonomy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of the Philippines Diliman</span> Public university in Quezon CIty, Philippines

The University of the Philippines Diliman, also referred to as UP Diliman or simply University of the Philippines (UP), is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on February 12, 1949, as the flagship campus and seat of administration of the University of the Philippines System, the premier and national university of the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Quezon City</span> Highly urbanized city in Metro Manila, Philippines

Quezon City, also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C., is the most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 2,960,048 people. It was founded on October 12, 1939, and was named after Manuel L. Quezon, the second president of the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cesar Virata</span> Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986

Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata is a Filipino former statesman and businessman who was the fourth Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. He is currently the corporate vice chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. He is the eponym of the Cesar Virata School of Business, the business school of the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Gémino Henson Abad is an educator, writer, and literary critic from Cebu, Philippines. He is a National Artist for Literature of the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jose Dalisay Jr.</span> Filipino writer

Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. is a Filipino writer. He has won numerous awards and prizes for fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction and screenwriting, including 16 Palanca Awards.

Haydee Bofill Yorac was a Filipina public servant, law professor and politician.

Rosario Manalo, is a Filipino career diplomat, political scientist, and educator in the Philippines. She is the Special Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and has served as undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. Moreover, she has served as Philippine ambassador to Sweden, to France, to Belgium and to the European Economic Community.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nereus Acosta</span> Filipino politician

Juan Romeo Nereus Olaivar Acosta, popularly known as Neric Acosta, is a Filipino politician, academician, and political scientist in the Philippines. He is a former member of the Philippine House of Representatives, representing the first district of the province of Bukidnon from 1998 to 2007. He was the Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection and General Manager of the Laguna Lake Development Authority during the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ambeth Ocampo</span> Filipino historian

Ambeth R. Ocampo is a Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator. He is best known for his definitive writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal and on topics in Philippine history and Philippine art through Looking Back, his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Alexander R. Magno, popularly known as Professor Alex Magno, is a political scientist and academician in the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Encarnación Alzona</span> Filipino historian, educator and suffragist

Encarnación Amoranto Alzona was a pioneering Filipino historian, educator and suffragist. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture and Food Science</span> Agricultural school in Los Baños, Philippines

The University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture and Food Science, formerly named University of the Philippines College of Agriculture or UPLB CA, is one of the 11 degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Founded in 1909 as the University of the Philippines College of Agriculture, it is the oldest constituent of UPLB, and is one of the four founding units of the university upon its establishment in 1972.

Erico Boyles Aumentado was a former governor, vice governor, and senior provincial board member of Bohol, and congressman and deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives. He is the first governor of Bohol who served for three consecutive terms (2001-2010).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leonor Briones</span> Former Secretary of Education of the Philippines, economist, and academic

Leonor "Liling" Mirasol Magtolis-Briones is a Filipina academician, economist, and civil servant who served as Secretary of Education under the Duterte administration. She is also professor emeritus of public administration at the National College of Public Administration & Governance (NCPAG) of the University of the Philippines Diliman and was chairman of the board of directors of Silliman University in Dumaguete.

Rommel C. Banlaoi is a Filipino political scientist, security analyst, an international studies expert, counterterrorism scholar, and a sinologist. He was nominated and designated as a Deputy National Security Adviser with the rank of Undersecretary in July 2022 to lead in the transition process at the National Security Council Secretariat. But he has returned to his work as an independent scholar and a non-government subject matter expert on geopolitics, peace and security studies; counterterrorism research; and, China studies. He is a celebrity professor and policy influencer known for his scholarly works on international terrorism, South China disputes, foreign affairs and geopolitical issues. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR) and President of the Philippine Society for International Security Studies (PSISS), both academic and non-governmental organizations.

Santanina Tillah Rasul is a Filipina politician and the first Muslim woman member of the Senate of the Philippines.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julio C. Teehankee</span> Filipino political scientist

Julio Cabral Teehankee is a Filipino political scientist. He is Full Professor of Political Science and International Studies at De La Salle University (DLSU) where he served as Chair of the Political Science Department (1994–2007); Chair of the International Studies Department (2008–2013); and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (2013–2017).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmen C. Velasquez</span> Filipino parasitologist (1913–1994)

Carmen Camacho Velasquez was a Filipino parasitologist. She specialized in parasites of the tropical fish of the Philippines. She is known for her work on the taxonomy of Digenea and was the first to describe the parasitic nematode Capillaria philippinensis, which causes intestinal capillariasis in humans.

References

  1. 1 2 "Dr. Clarita Carlos". National Research Council of the Philippines. June 8, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Clarita R. Carlos". Institute of Autonomy and Governance. June 8, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Marcos picks Clarita Carlos as National Security Adviser, Conrado Estrella as DAR chief". CNN Philippines . June 8, 2022. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Presidents of the National Defense College of the Philippines". National Defense College of the Philippines . June 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Philippine eLib". Philippine eLib. June 16, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Adiong, Nasseff Manabilang (September 5, 2017). "Celebrating the scholarship of Professor Clarita R. Carlos". Philippine International Studies Organization. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Carlos sworn in as NCRP member-at-large". National Research Council of the Philippines. April 13, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 "CHED appoints new Technical Panel for Political Science". Commission on Higher Education. September 15, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Velocity Asks". Business World. April 13, 2020.
  10. 1 2 Romero, Segundo Eclar (June 14, 2022). "The unflappable Clarita Carlos". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  11. ↑ Esguerra, Anthony (June 17, 2022). "New Marcos Administration Wants 'Red-Tagging' to Stop". Voice of America. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ Valiente, Catherine (January 14, 2023). "Año in, Carlos out as national security adviser". The Manila Times. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  13. ↑ "StratSearch Foundation, Inc". StratSearch Foundation, Inc. June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Asia Pacific Institute of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Inc". Asia Pacific Institute of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Inc. June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Eduardo Cabanlig
 President of the
National Defense College of the Philippines
1998–2001		Succeeded by
Carlos Agustin
Political offices
Preceded by National Security Adviser
2022–2023		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.