PH-US relations
Biggest Balikatan under Marcos Jr government: Most troops, most countries
April 24, 2024
The Balikatan military exercises with the United States (US) under the Marcos Jr administration are the biggest ever with the number of US troops growing from a few hundred in the 1990s to as much as 12,000 last year. The growing show of US military force is the US signalling its readiness to go to […]
PH biggest recipient of US aid in Southeast Asia
April 18, 2024
The Philippines is the biggest recipient of US aid in Southeast Asia. This isn’t really help for Filipinos but the US ensuring the Philippines plays its critical role in upholding US superpower military and economic dominance in the region.
5 marks of a crumbling democracy
July 20, 2023
The Marcoses personify the worst aspects of Philippine politics. And Marcos Jr is levelling up these anti-democratic features in the 21st century.
US military presence in the Philippines, 2016 to April 2023
April 20, 2023
Despite the Duterte administration’s posturing against the US in 2016, the global superpower has essentially maintained a huge military presence in the Philippines until today. Cumulatively, from 2016 to April 2023, there have been a total of 227 drills: 68 sea-related, 116 air-related and 143 land-related. US troops are also currently located in 9 EDCA […]
PH top recipient of US military, security aid in Southeast Asia
April 4, 2023
The Philippines has been receiving the biggest US military and security aid among Southeast Asian countries and is expected to still get the biggest amount in 2024. This is because the country plays a critical role in ensuring US dominance in the Indo-Pacific region.
PH biggest US military and security aid recipient in Southeast Asia
November 22, 2022
As US Vice President Kamala Harris visits the country, we note how the US-Philippine relations have become more vital than ever to the global superpower’s quest for dominance. The Philippines has been getting the biggest US military and security aid among Southeast Asian countries since 2019 and is expected to still receive the biggest amount […]
What Marcos Jr’s US trip was really for
October 5, 2022
The real success of Marcos Jr’s trip to the US was the rehabilitation of his family’s justifiably tarnished name and rebuilding foreign policy bridges that former Pres. Duterte burned. However, the trip did not really bring back anything beneficial for the people especially in terms of solving the country’s long-standing economic crisis.
US Military Aid for PH Grows
December 17, 2020
