He is the Executive Director of the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies, Inc. Dr. Arugay completed his PhD in Political Science from the Giorgia State University, USA. Some of his publications include “The Middle Class and Democracy in Southeast Asia” co-authored with Aim Sinpeng in William Case (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Democratization (London: Routledge, 2015), pp. 102-116, and “The Philippine Military: Still Politicized and Increasingly Autonomous” in Marcus Mietzner (ed.) The Political Resurgence of the Military in Southeast Asia: Conflict and Leadership (London: Routledge, 2011), pp. 85-106.