JOHN LOUIS B. BENITO

Accomplished his Master of Arts in International Studies Major in European Studies Degree at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines from 2021-2024. Currently he is an early academic, part-time lecturer, and the European Studies Program Coordinator under the Department of International Studies also at De La Salle University. He serves as a guest contributor for The World Financial Review and has written for The Monitor of the Carter Center’s China Focus Initiative, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, FACTS Asia, and the Global Policy Journal. For his academic endeavours, he also served as a peer reviewer for a number of Scopus-indexed journals. His published articles, lectures, engagements, and academic research revolve around International Relations, Security Studies, migration, sustainable development, as well as the outer space and Astropolitics. Moving forward, he aims to transition and focus fully on Security Studies, the outer space, and Astropolitics, contributing knowledge and directions in the academe, international organizations, policy-making circles, government institutions, the defense sector, and think-tanks. Currently he is a fellow under the 2026 SQUAD Forum of the Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies.

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