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The Cost of Consistency: Beijing’s Miscalculation in the First Island Chain
The Cost of Consistency: Beijing’s Miscalculation in the First Island Chain

Written by Herman S. Taylor

The dispute with the Philippines was temporarily set aside rather than settled, leaving room for neutrality. Then Beijing brought the same coercive reflex to Manila that it used everywhere. The failure was not China’s refusal to yield its claims, but its inability to adopt softer tactics.

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Post-INF Indo-Pacific: The strategic potential of US-Philippines cooperation
Post-INF Indo-Pacific: The strategic potential of US-Philippines cooperation

Written by Rupert Schulenburg

A rotational deployment of US ground-based anti-ship missiles to Philippine bases would constitute a major deepening of US-Philippines defence cooperation and could bolster regional deterrence.

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