Philippines can t pursue independent foreign policy with alliances expert By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News
Published April 14, 2021 4:01pm The Philippines cannot claim to have an independent foreign policy and yet maintain alliances as it seeks to address Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea, an expert said on Wednesday. “We don t know the meaning of alliance. Alliance is a two-way street. We expect assistance from the US yet we have our political leaders talking about independent foreign policy,” said Dr. Rene de Castro, a Philippines-US-China relations expert, in a forum by the Stratbase ADR Institute for Strategic and International Studies. “We cannot have independent foreign policy along as we have alliances,” he added.