Clarita Reyes Carlos (born June 24, 1946) is a Filipino

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and commentator,

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, and

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who last served as the National Security Adviser under the administration of

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Bongbong Marcos Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...

from 2022 to 2023. As National Security Adviser, she concurrently served as the

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of the National Security Council and Vice Chairperson of the Anti-Terrorism Council. She served as the 16th President of the

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from 1998 to 2001, becoming the first female and first civilian to lead the institution. She is a retired

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at the

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Education

Carlos attended Bonifacio Memorial Elementary School for

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and La Consolacion College for

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. She earned her

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's degree in foreign service from the

, where she also obtained her master's and doctorate degrees in

. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the political motives behind the policymaking of

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presidents

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, aircraft disast ...

and

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. She pursued post-doctoral studies on

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and comparative

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analysis at the

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as a Fulbright Visiting Fellow.

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. She has written numerous books on democratic deficits, bureaucratic and electoral reforms, political parties, and population ageing.

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. During her tenure, she held numerous professorial chairs, namely:

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Professorial Chair in International Relations,

Maximo Kalaw Maximo Valerio Manguiat Kalaw (May 20, 1891 – March 23, 1954) was a Filipino political scientist and novelist. He was the first Filipino head of the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines. He argued for Filipino i ...

Professorial Chair on Peace and Environment, and the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Professorial Chair. She retired in June 2011 as a full professor of political science having taught at the university for a total of 44 years. She also taught European studies at Ateneo de Manila University and geopolitics at

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Graduate School of Law. She is a Member-at-Large of the National Research Council of the Philippines.

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. 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.

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and Commission of Higher Education

During the presidency of

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, Carlos served as the head of Office of Strategic and Special Concerns of the

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. In 2020, Carlos was among the appointees of the Commission of Higher Education in its Technical Panel for Political Science.

National Security Adviser

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. 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

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(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. Carlos resigned from the position on January 14, 2023, to join the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department (CPBRD) of the

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. She was replaced by former Interior and Local Government Secretary

Eduardo Año Eduardo Manahan Año (; born October 26, 1961) is a Filipino public official and retired general of the Philippine Army who currently serves as the National Security Adviser under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos since 2023. ...

Consultancy

Since 1993, Carlos is the executive director of StratSearch Foundation, Inc., a public policy think tank. She is also the executive director of Asia Pacific Institute of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Inc. She has also served as consultant in the Philippine

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and

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, and Department of Transportation.

Selected works

* Carlos, Clarita R.; Lalata, Dennis M. (2010)
Democratic Deficits in the Philippines: What is to be done?
Philippines: Center for Political and Democratic Reform, Inc., Konrad Adenauer Foundation, and Centrist Democratic Movement. . * Carlos, Clarita R. (2004). Towards Bureaucratic Reform: Issues and Challenges. Philippines: Konrad Adenauer Foundation. . * Carlos, Clarita R. (1997). Handbook of Political Parties and Elections in the Philippines. Philippines: Konrad Adenauer Foundation. . * Carlos, Clarita R. (1996). The Philippines in ASEAN: An Assessment of 27 Years of Cooperation in Selected Functional Areas. Philippines: Foreign Service Institute. . * Carlos, Clarita R. (1996). Elections in the Philippines from Pre-colonial Period to the Present. Philippines: Konrad Adenauer Foundation. .

References

External links

University of the Philippines College of Social Sciences & PhilosophyCouncil of Asian Liberals and Democrats

National Defense College of the Philippines

National Defense University
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