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Geopolitics, COVID-19 Behind Philippine About-Face on Defense Pact with US, Officials Say

Geopolitical stress in the middle of a global pandemic led Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to keep a secret military pact with the United States undamaged in the meantime, Manila’s leading diplomat and other federal government officials stated Wednesday. The Philippines was seeking to renew bilateral ties with its earliest ally by holding back for a […]

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Threat to Terminate US-Philippine Pact Resonates Around Southeast Asia

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat to terminate a lynchpin military pact with long time treaty ally the United States– if executed– might not just shake Manila’s defense policy however effect the fragile balance in ties in between Southeast Asia and U.S. and China, experts state. The Going To Forces Contract (VFA) that Duterte strategies to […]

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