ABSTRACT
The intersection of global processes with regional particularities enables regionally based movements to appropriate global trends and recast their strategic mobilization. This chapter reflects on the role of regions by analyzing how global trends transformed sub-state nationalism in Southeast Asia but regional specificities shaped its manifestations. I explain why Cordillerans in the Philippines initially joined a communist movement but progressed into an indigenous people’s movement; and how Muslims in Mindanao negotiated the use of global networks of Islamic mobilization. These examples show how distinctive regional characteristics shaped the expression of a global phenomenon such as the ‘world indigenous peoples’ movement’ or the spread of ‘political Islam.’
