Rising Tensions in the South China Sea Lead the Philippines to Side With the United States
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While all other countries in Southeast Asia have tried to maintain a balance between the United States and China, the Philippines, facing increasingly dangerous standoffs with Beijing in the South China Sea, has fully allied with Washington. While this partnership may help protect Manila, it also raises the prospect of wider war and potentially brings the United States more directly into a South China Sea conflict.
For more on the growing China-Philippines tensions and the possibility of a wider war in the South China Sea, see my new Expert Brief.
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