A private group of experts, comprising mostly defense and security analysts from leading think tanks in the US, is prodding the US government to provide mobile state-of-the-art weapons systems for the AFP as a deterrent to China’s security. Know more:
Washington, D.C.—A private group of experts, comprising mostly defense and security analysts from leading think tanks in the United States, is prodding the US government to provide mobile state-of-the-art weapons systems for the Armed Forces of the Philippines as a deterrent to China’s security threat, even as they pushed for the revitalization of the Philippines-US military alliance.
The Philippines is currently contending with China’s aggressive claims in its territory in the Kalayaan Island Group and in its exclusive economic zone it calls the West Philippine Sea . Summing up the Philippines-US relations during the term of Duterte, the task force declared, “The alliance had faltered under Duterte’s administration due to his counter-narcotics campaign that resulted in human-rights abuses—including thousands of extrajudicial killings, attempts to reorient the Philippines’ foreign policy toward China and abrogation of the US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement in early 2020.
While the US has been vocal on its commitment to defend the Philippines under the Mutual Defense Treaty, the task force said both countries should put forward a common strategic vision based on the Philippines’ strategic autonomy and a rules-based order.
“The United States should seek to maximize the Philippines’ role in the White House’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework. One area of opportunity is working toward a digital standards agreement, as the Philippines concurs with US-favored digital standards, which help underpin its business-process outsourcing sector,” it also said.
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