US urged to boost PHL military amid Spratlys dispute

A key official of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, exhorted the United States’ policymakers to “help provide the Philippines the military wherewithal to withstand Peoples’ Republic of China pressure.”

Walter Lohman, director of the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation, said in a “WebMemo” that the U.S. “may very well find itself in a position where it cares more about the security of the Philippines” than the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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