The entrapment of asymmetry: The Philippines between the US and China

• Main Authors: Tolentino, Elaine Nicolas, Ham, Myungsik
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Boundary disputes; Philippine Sea—Boundaries—South China Sea; South China Sea—Boundaries—Philippine Sea; Balance of power; Philippines—Foreign relations—China; China—Foreign relations—Philippines; Philippines—Foreign relations—United States; United States—Foreign relations—Philippines; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13363
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper aims to analyze the asymmetric dilemma facing the Philippines and China in the South China Sea tensions. Among American East Asian allies, the Philippines seems to stand on the frontline between two rival powers, the United States and China. Since the US declared its Pivot to Asia policy,...