Evolving Philippines-U.S.-China strategic triangle: International and domestic drivers

• Main Author: Heydarian, Richard Javad
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Philippines > Foreign relations administration; Balance of power; Philippines > Foreign relations > United States; United States > Foreign relations > Philippines; Philippines > Foreign relations > China; China > Foreign relations > Philippines; International Relations
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3502
• Institution: De La Salle University

The triangular relations among three states—the Philippines, the United States, and the People's Republic of China—are governed by structural balance of power factors, “pragmatic opportunism” on the part of the superpowers, and the threat and opportunity perceptions of individual Philippine adm...