The Aquino administration's 2011 decision to shift Philippine defense policy from internal security to territorial defense: The impact of the South China Sea dispute

• Main Author: De Castro, Renato Cruz
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Philippines > Military policy; Philippine Sea > Boundaries > South China Sea; South China Sea > Boundaries > Philippine Sea; Defense and Security Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1857
• Institution: De La Salle University

This article examines how the South China Sea dispute impacts on the Aquino administration's 2011 decision to shift the focus of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from internal security to territorial defense. Upon assuming office in 2010, President Benigno Aquino announced his intentio...