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The country's vote to leave the EU has added momentum to a realignment of UK economic and foreign policy towards the Asia-Pacific region underway for some years. Parliamentarian…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213507
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The two sides notably committed to planning joint patrols in the South China Sea, where the Philippines and China have competing claims. On September 7, Albanese said he would…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281933
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This reflects the basic principles of foreign policy under President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, who visited Beijing on January 3-5, Tokyo on February 8-12 and Washington on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB279175
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Duterte is committed to reviving the peace processes for the nationwide communist insurgency and the Moro Islamic insurgency in Mindanao, which is also represented within the NDF.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB211642
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In February 2020, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he would terminate the pact. With the termination process having been extended twice, the VFA is now due to expire in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259493
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Marcos has reversed predecessor Rodrigo Duterte’s China-leaning policy by seeking closer defence ties with the United States, a treaty ally of the Philippines. Washington is…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278629
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Furthermore, former President Duterte threatened the secession of the southern Mindanao island, the Duterte family’s political stronghold, if Marcos proceeds with plans to amend…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285316
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JAPAN/PHILIPPINES: Defence talk will likely loom large
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES214517
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Prospects for South-east Asia in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240146
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The address laid out the new administration’s policy objectives for the coming year and Marcos’s broad goals for his six-year term. It gave little indication of the president’s…