Common Contracts
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ENHANCED DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT: AQUINO III’S BALANCING STRATEGY WITH THE UNITED STATES AGAINST CHINADefense Cooperation Agreement • March 20th, 2017
This thesis seeks to examine the conditions that led Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to pursue the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States as the principal element of his strategy to balance against China. The EDCA will facilitate the U.S. military’s rotational access to bases across the Philippines, allowing the former to increase its strategic footprint in the region and elevating the scope of the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty and Visiting Forces Agreement between the United States and the Philippines.
