This week, the U.S. signed a defense pact with the Philippines, hailing it as vital to countering China’s creeping dominance in the hotly-disputed South China Sea. China’s militarization of these disputed waters, including its latest radar installation on a contested reef, raises new threats that Washington seeks to confront. But beneath the celebratory rhetoric of ‘ironclad’ ties lies a troubling […]
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