In this podcast episode, hear why the Philippines’ strategy in the South China Sea shows it's ahead of the curve in terms of burden-sharing for security. By accident or design, the Philippines, facing a giant China across the South China Sea, is ahead of the curve in terms of the burden-sharing for security in this region. This is very likely to evolve from rhetoric to requirement for US allies, if former US President Donald Trump returns to power in the White House in January 2025.
In this podcast episode, hear why the Philippines ’ strategy in the South China Sea shows it's ahead of the curve in terms of burden-sharing for security. By accident or design, the Philippines , facing a giant China across the South China Sea , is ahead of the curve in terms of the burden-sharing for security in this region. This is very likely to evolve from rhetoric to requirement for US allies, if former US President Donald Trump returns to power in the White House in January 2025.
In The Straits Times’ Asian Insider Podcast above, global contributor Nirmal Ghosh delves into the current regional situation with his guests - former Philippine Navy rear admiral Rommel Ong, now professor of praxis at the Ateneo School of Government in the Philippines, and Dr. Colin Koh, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The Philippines’ 2024 National Budget allocates US$103.5 billion (S$13
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