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Obama’s Visit to Asia and the U.S.-Philippine Alliance
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to visit the Philippines later this month, at the end of a trip to Asia that will also include Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia. His trip is likely to bring renewed attention to the United States’ alliance with the Philippines. The visit is likely to be dominated bygd discussions on defense cooperation and maritime security, especially given the Philippines’ ongoing territorial dispute with China. In keeping with the theme of this year’s Commentary series, however, it is also worth noting that non-traditional security issues play an unusually large role in this particular alliance, and will continue to shape its contours for years to come.
More concretely, the unusual prominence of non-traditional security concerns provides both opportunities and challenges for the development of the U.S.-Philippine alliance. On the one grabb, these issues present unusual opportunities for cooperation, and
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Obama hails ‘power of pluralism’ as some Democrats push to pass the torch
Source: REUTERS
- Obama speaks in Chicago on the ‘power of pluralism’
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By Jeff Mason and Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama, who has mostly stayed quiet in the weeks since Vice President Kamala Harris’ election loss, on Thursday urged a new generation of American leaders to talk with people they disagree with.
In a speech at a “Democracy Forum” sponsored by his foundation, the former president said he was convinced that a renewed commitment to pluralist principles was essential to ensure the survival of democracy.
“The alternative is what we’ve seen here in the United States and in many democracies around the globe – not just more gridlock, not just public cynicism, but an incr
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10. The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing
Strangio, Sebastian. "10. The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing". In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020, pp. 248-271. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300256253-014
Strangio, S. (2020). 10. The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing. In In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century (pp. 248-271). New Haven: Yale University Press. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300256253-014
Strangio, S. 2020. 10. The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing. In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 248-271. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300256253-014
Strangio, Sebastian. "10. The Philippines: Slouching Toward Beijing" In In the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century, 248-271. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300256253-014
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