U.S. Military Out of the Philippines
BY SEIJI YAMADA, ARCELITA IMASA, AND RICHARD ROTHSCHILLER
Photograph Source: U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class John Etheridge – Public Domain
In January, the Philippine and US governments announced plans to allow U.S. military access to four additional bases in the Philippines. This agreement to base more U.S. military assets in the Philippines poses a threat to peace.
Signaled by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton writing in Foreign Policy in 2011, the Obama administration made a “pivot” from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific.
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