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@article{ART002914294},
author={Fernan Talamayan},
title={The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited},
journal={Asia Review},
issn={2234-0386},
year={2022},
volume={12},
number={3},
pages={451-477}

TY - JOUR
AU - Fernan Talamayan
TI - The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited
JO - Asia Review
PY - 2022
VL - 12
IS - 3
PB - 아시아연구소
SP - 451
EP - 477
SN - 2234-0386
AB - Reexamining Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against Western power blocs and the results of his diplomatic efforts to obtain Chinese and Russian assistance has never been more relevant, considering the measures his successor adopted to reinforce or reconfigure his foreign policy. To this end, the article revisits Duterte’s pivot to China and Russia, refining the discussion of their rationale and providing a qualitative assessment of their outcomes. Through a critical review of presidential speeches and news reports, the article unpacks the connection of the strategy to the following: first, Duterte’s anti-colonial narrative; second, his drug war; third, the desire to improve the country’s military, trade, tourism, and infrastructure; and fourth, the management of the South China Sea conflict. While the foreign policy considered the country’s geopolitical and economic realities, the article found that it failed to achieve its desired outcomes. With mounting pressure at home to demonstrate the gains of his Beijing-friendly policy and the political and economic repercussions of transacting with Moscow, Duterte appeared to have recalibrated the strategy before he left office. The policy’s failures should offer lessons to international relations researchers, the administration that preceded Duterte, and, more importantly, to less powerful nations engaging with competing major powers.
KW - foreign policy;balancing strategy;Philippine-China relations;Philippine-Russia relations;Duterte
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Fernan Talamayan. (2022). The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited. Asia Review, 12(3), 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. 2022, "The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited", Asia Review, vol.12, no.3 pp.451-477.

Fernan Talamayan "The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited" Asia Review 12.3 pp.451-477 (2022) : 451.

Fernan Talamayan. The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited. 2022; 12(3), 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. "The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited" Asia Review 12, no.3 (2022) : 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited. Asia Review, 12(3), 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited. Asia Review. 2022; 12(3) 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited. 2022; 12(3), 451-477.

Fernan Talamayan. "The Philippine Pivot to China and Russia: Duterte’s Foreign Policy Revisited" Asia Review 12, no.3 (2022) : 451-477.