Philippine Defense Policy in the 21st Century
Autonomous Defense or Back to the Alliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2902852 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renato Cruz De Castro (0000-0002-6320-2940, De La Salle University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 403-422 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | Pacific Affairs (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5509/2005783403 |
| OpenAlex | W2330150661 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
a result of the Philippine Senate's decision not to ratify a new base treaty on September 16, 1991, the United States withdrew its forces from the Philippines in November 1992. This event heralded Manila's attempts to discontinue its alliance-based defense policy and forge an independent defense capability. The Philippine government announced its plan to modernize its armed forces through the acquisition of modern aircraft, fast-attack crafts, reconnaissance aircraft and corvettes. In the postUS bases era, the Philippine government appeared determined to undertake a series of decisions and actions aimed at developing an autonomous defense posture. Unfortunately, such attempts began to falter less than two years after the Philippine government passed a law in 1995, providing for the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) . The financially constrained AFP could barely cover its basic manpower and logistics requirements, and even a modest modernization programme had to be put on the back burner. Thus, a few years after the withdrawal of American forces from the country, the Philippines began looking again to the US for its defense needs. In 1998, Manila formulated a visiting forces agreement with Washington, authorizing the resumption of large-scale cooperative military activities between the two countries. The terrorist attacks in New York and
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |