The twenty-first century Armed Forces of the Philippines: Orphan of counter-insurgency or military geared for the long war of the century?

• Main Author: de Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Subjects: Armed Forces of the Philippines; Counterinsurgency > Philippines; Defense and Security Studies; Political Science
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1855; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2854/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines the factors that account for the Armed Forces of the Philippines's (AFP) never-ending involvement in many wars of the third kind. It discusses the essence of counterinsurgency warfare or low-intensity conflict in the Philippine setting. The article then notes that the disr...