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- Title
The Way Forward in the US-Philippines Alliance and Air Force Relations.
- Authors
BURGESS, STEPHEN
- Abstract
Out of the 11 Southeast Asian countries, this article focuses on the Philippines because it is the most important of two US allies in the region, has supported a rules-based international order and free and open Indo-Pacific in disputes with China over the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea (WPS/SCS), and has a defense and air force leadership with the willingness to collaborate with the United States Air Force (USAF). The article employs methods used in this author's research on USAF-Indian Air Force and USAF- Vietnam Air Defense-Air Force relations, evidence from Southeast Asian and US sources, including semi-structured interviews, and the author's recently published article on the collective action problem in confronting China in the WPS/SCS. First, the article analyzes the Philippines' security profile, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and PAF's status, and the alliance with the United States. Second, the article appraises what Philippine officials would like the United States and USAF to do to build capacity and develop capabilities and then what the United States and USAF would like Philippines and its PAF to do, especially to counter and deter China. Third, the article assesses how Washington and the USAF might overcome barriers, advance mutual interests, and be creative in working with the Philippines and the PAF. Finally, the article weighs different scenarios about how US and USAF engagement with the Philippines and the PAF may change and evolve to meet future security goals, including the provision of deterrence in the WPS/SCS.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; AIR forces; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; RULES; AIR defenses
- Publication
Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2022, Vol 5, Issue 7, p47
- ISSN
2576-5361
- Publication type
Article