The Philippines discovers its maritime domain: The Aquino administration’s shift in strategic focus from internal to maritime security

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

International Studies

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Asian Security

Volume

12

Issue

2

First Page

111

Last Page

131

Publication Date

5-3-2016

Abstract

With China’s naval expansion in the South China Sea, the Philippine government has eased up its counter-insurgency/counter-terrorism campaign and has vigorously pursued instead the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) particularly in developing the deterrence capability of the Philippine Navy (PN). However, slow-paced and hampered by scant resources, the naval build-up will hardly deter China’s encroachment on the Philippine maritime territory. Faced with this predicament, the Philippines has resorted to forging new security partnerships with the United States and Japan, two major naval powers in East Asia. The paper concludes that maritime security will remain the Philippines’ priority concern way into the third decade of the 21st century. © 2016 Taylor & Francis.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/14799855.2016.1195813

Disciplines

Asian Studies | International and Area Studies

Keywords

Maritime boundaries--Philippines; Boundary disputes

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