31. A Search for Independence in President Duterte’s Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Denise Layla P. Miram
- Publication Date:
- 12-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- East-West Center
- Abstract:
- The Duterte administraƟon’s move toward favoring non‐tradiƟonal partners above other equally valuable— and perhaps more beneficial—trade and development partners, such as the United States and the European Union, has significantly changed the direcƟon of the country’s foreign policy and impacted its naƟonal security. While the government maintains that it is pursuing an “independent foreign policy”, many experts have criƟcized the administraƟon’s supposed strategy for its lack of clarity and posiƟon. In the absence of clear guidelines and a well‐defined vision, the administraƟon has merely pivoted away from one superpower, its treaty ally in the US, to global superpowers China and Russia.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Trade, and Rodrigo Duterte
- Political Geography:
- Russia, China, Philippines, Asia-Pacific, and United States of America