OUR two-part column, published on Jan. 2 and 5, argued how the Philippines can advance world peace and discussed one strategy to defend our nation without fueling superpower confrontation and Asia's arms race: building alliances with non-nuclear neighbors not in rivalry with China.
Our current strategy of allying with the United States against China not only risks devastating our country but also intensifies superpower face-off just as bringing Ukraine into the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization escalates NATO's conflict with Russia.