Bangsamoro Peace and the U.S.-Philippines Alliance

Editor’s Note: The United States has long worked with the Philippines on both counterterrorism and regional security issues such as the rising threat of China, but these issues often followed different tracks. Brian Harding and Haroro Ingram of the U.S. Institute of Peace argue that the new government in the Philippines and the Bangsamoro peace effort offer an opportunity for the United States to engage in peacemaking and, in so doing, cement U.S.-Philippines security cooperation.

Daniel Byman

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The election in May of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the 17th president of the Philippines presents an opportunity to reset U.S.-Philippines relations after six rocky years while President Rodrigo Duterte held the office. After Marcos’s sweeping election victory, President Biden […]
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