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Examining the Philippines’ China policy

Great powers and domestic politics

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ID12348570
AuthorsXiangning Wu (0000-0002-8918-1084, University of Macau, corresponding author), Joseph Ching Velasco (0000-0002-7098-8216, De La Salle University)
Year2022
Volume76
Issue6
Pages672-693
Publication date2022-06-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal Of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-7718 • E-ISSN: 1465-332X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10357718.2022.2085242
OpenAlexW4281799211
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited59

When great powers such as the United States and China grow especially hawkish with more uncertainties, how does a smaller state react to such a complex and dangerous territorial conflict? Given the competing frames of influence between China and the United States, what are the underlying reasons for the shift in the Philippines’ foreign policy? This paper focuses on the Philippines’ changing foreign policy on the South China Sea dispute and examines the main rationale for its shift in strategy towards China. We use the perspective of neoclassical realism to unpack the constraining factors that underlie the Philippines’ domestic politics and ongoing global exigencies. With changes in its domestic politics and the security challenges posed by the evolving geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region, the Philippines is in a difficult situation, having to choose between a territorially hostile trading partner and its historical security guarantor

China · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Geopolitics · Great power · International relations · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Security interest · State (computer science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Maritime Security and History · Philippine History and Culture

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Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
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