THE election of President Rodrigo Duterte has brought a geopolitical shift to the Philippines.
No longer is the United States influencing the region as it once did, leaving space for Russia and China to fill the void. The Philippines has endured a long relationship with the U.S., but Duterte changed the outlook of his country with a series of rants against the former colonial power and a threat to cancel military exercises.
The Cold War era has reemerged in recent years, with events in Ukraine and Syria pinning Russia and the U.S. against each other yet again. The next battleground appears to …read more
Source: Asian Correspondent
