US-Philippines : resetting the security alliance?

• Main Author: Trajano, Julius Cesar Imperial
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; Maritime Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152238
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite Duterte’s desire to shift Philippine security policy away from its treaty alliance with the US, Manila remains a close American ally. Key domestic, strategic and humanitarian factors actually make the alliance healthier. The Biden administration might just wait for Duterte to finish his term...