The China Factor In Philippines Expanding Its U.S. Alliance, Security Cooperation With Japan & India

New Delhi: On 'The Gist', Don McLain Gill, Director for South & South East Asia at the Philippine-Middle East Studies Association (PMESA) Manila, in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi.

Don McLain Gill discusses the Philippines-U.S. deal during Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin's visit “to accelerate the full implementation of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)" by agreeing to designate four new military bases, the U.S. reiterating its "ironclad" alliance with the Philippines, Washington "reaffirming an armed attack on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft, including those of the Coast Guard in the South China Sea, would invoke U.S. mutual defence commitments" under the 1951 Treaty, China's repeated provocations, the latest being a Coast Guard ship being accused of “dangerous manoeuvres" and using "military grade lasers" that temporarily blinded a crew member on a Philippine Coast Guard vessel, Philippines President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr's visit to Japan, his saying the Philippines may ink a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan soon, foreign policy under Marcos Jr vis-a-vis under his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte, and the Philippines-India partnership including the first deliveries of the $ 375-million BrahMos supersonic missile system, scheduled this year.

#Philippines #Marcos #China #USA #India #IndoPacific #Japan #SouthChina Sea


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[dlypgogoi]

This is the Chinese way of reciprocating friendship, when a leader walks an extra mile to have friendship with China. As Modi ji already had some sound relationship with China, while he was CM of Gujarat, he walked that extra mile when he became PM to express his honest gratefulness and to strengthen India's ties. If people remember, China did the same, as Xi landed in Gujarat, simultaneously PLA too illegally landed in Ladakh and this continued till Doklam. So from my point of view, Jr Marcos deserve that gift for walking that extra mile. This is the Chinese traditional way of reciprocating for extending the hand of friendship.

[johnliew]

The 1st step to create trouble in SEA countries.

[agnescane]

another reopening of the US bases. please let the philippines a non aligned co untry. aren' our government tired of the US intervention in our country? are we going to follow the footstep of ukraine or taiwan?