PH, China and US: Joint exploration vs rearmament

By Dan Steinbock

Sep 16, 2019 12:10 am

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President Duterte’s joint exploration framework with China is a historic breakthrough. But since it has potential to de-escalate tensions over time, it is opposed by those interests that prefer rearmament, even if that would lead to a split of Southeast Asia and new nuclearization.

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