US-Philippine military relations after the Mt Pinatubo eruption in 1991: A disaster diplomacy perspective

• Main Authors: Gaillard, Jean-Christophe, Kelman, Ilan, Juan, Ma. Florina Orillos
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Philippines—Military relations—United States; United States—Military relations—Philippines; Pinatubo, Mount (Philippines)—Eruption, 1991; Defense and Security Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8822
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper explores the impact of the 1991 Mt Pinatubo eruption on the US-Republic of the Philippines military relations through the lens of disaster diplomacy. Disaster diplomacy focuses on how and why disaster-related activities (e.g. mitigation, prevention and response) do and do not yield diplom...