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Allied Assurances and Credibility: The United States, the Philippines, and the South China Sea

Does an unambiguous U.S. assurance to the Philippines in the South China Sea give second wind to an alliance in trouble?

By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
March 15, 2019
Allied Assurances and Credibility: The United States, the Philippines, and the South China Sea
Credit: Twitter via @Sec

The Diplomat‘s Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) and Prashanth Parameswaran (@TheAsianist) discuss the U.S.-Philippines alliance and the “quadrilateral” consultations between the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.

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