The landslide victory of president-elect Bongbong Ferdinand Marcos jr in the Philippines is certainly set to reconfigure the country’s relations with China and the US.
The two country have respectively congratulated and welcomed Marcos’ election victory of May 9, 2022.
However, the return to power of the Marcos’ family comes at a time when tensions between Washington and Beijing are heating up.
The US has been extremely focused on the East-Asian Pacific region especially peace and stability.
The US has recently tailored its strategy of strengthening security alliances; namely, Australia, the UK and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue involving Australia, India, Japan and the US. These defensive alliances are complemented by the Indo- Pacific Economic Framework for the participatings countries: Australia, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New…