On US-China’s Thucydides’ Trap: A Historical Analysis of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement and its Repercussions on the South China Sea Dispute

• Main Authors: Flores, Marcus P., Rosales, Jhon Mark M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: alliances; defense; geopolitics; international relations; regional security
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/conf_shsrescon/2023/paper_tph/2; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/conf_shsrescon/article/1844/viewcontent/On_US_China_s_Thucydides__Trap__A_Historical_Analysis_of_the_Enhanced_Defense_Cooperation_Agreement_and_its_Repercussions_on_the_South_China_Sea_Dispute.docx__1_.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Since the end of the Second World War, the Philippines and the United States of America have had a special defense relationship, set into stone by the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT). The conception of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) in 2014 strengthened this relationship, and sol...