The Duterte administration’s appeasement policy on China and the crisis in the Philippine–US alliance

• Main Author: de Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Philippines > Foreign relations > China; China > Foreigns relations > Philippines; Philippines > Foreign relations > United States; United States > Foreign relations > Philippines; Balance of power; International and Area Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1821; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2820/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines the shifts in Philippine foreign policy under the Duterte Administration, and how these changes impact 21st century Philippine–US alliance. Unlike the Aquino Administration that challenged China’s expansionism in the South China Sea, the Duterte Administration keeps silent on t...