https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:54:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-5395 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-5395 China & USA’s future are interwoven. These squabbles are just “shows” to save face by both parties. Will China ever vacate these islands despite international rulings and sail-bys? USA can encircle China with its allies but it is too late. These island will be militarized eventually. What do you think ASEAN countries can do to prevent this? Maybe we can invite Japan to reintroduce their WW2’s Zone of Peace, Freedom & Neutrality. Our forefathers can tell you what happened.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2160 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 01:38:26 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2160 Yes, absolutely Aaron Jed Rabena. Playing possum won’t do us any good. And that’s what we’ve been doing since Cory Aquino’s term in office. We liked to play dead on the water to avoid confrontation. Some countries took advantage of our lameness and unwillingness to fight. Self respect calls for a decent military capability as a deterrent.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2141 Sat, 29 Aug 2015 06:02:13 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2141 I appreciate this writer’s stance and balanced approach on how, by developing the Philippines, could have better relations with the US and China.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2086 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 01:02:12 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2086 The Philippines is caught between the Rock and the Deep Blue Sea in South China Sea. The government has defaulted on critical security issues by skipping the military modernization act in favor of politicians whose pockets are bottomless. Let them defend the country from Aparri to Jolo. The United States and Great Britain conspired on Sabah at the turn of the 20th century. Now it’s China;s turn to conspire with the United States on the issue of Spratly islands. China would never have built these island fortresses without the consent of the United Kingdom and the United States, a Pacific superpower. Philippines has to revert back to its familiar status in Asia: military and diplomatic subservience.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2063 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:33:21 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2063 The US hates China because China is the biggest ally of Russia
And Russia always hate the US….
I see the reason of China’s reclamation to West Philippine Sea is to gain a full strategic control of the area against the US.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2051 Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:27:33 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2051 I definitely agree on that idea. We have to assert whatever it cost. The best example on that is the state of Israel. But the main reason why its hard for the Filipinos to show its assertiveness its because we are not united on certain political issue unlike in the other countries who has similar situation with us. Most often than not, we are divided and fall.

]]> https://www.policyforum.net/the-philippines-between-the-us-and-china/#comment-2019 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 18:15:35 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=5990#comment-2019 Philippines are not “small country”. Her population consists 1/4 of US or EU population. Together with others in South and East Asia could easily counterbalance China.

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