The Philippines should turn to multilateralism as it works towards a robust defense posture and secure civil maritime sector, given the volatility in our maritime domain and our lack of an anchoring policy on our defense cooperation with like-minded states. “We have acknowledged that China’s intentions in the South China…
“The Philippines’ diplomatic and economic rapprochements with Beijing through bilateralism certainly missed out on the golden opportunity to spread a unified narrative to the international community and against its maritime rival in the South China Sea despite the strong support for its arbitral ruling awarded at The Hague,” said Cabalsa in his paper, which was launched recently by the think tank Stratbase ADR Institute.
The national government should continue investing on human capital and infrastructure in order to attain fiscal consolidation that would eventually outgrow national debt while reducing inequality for inclusive growth, an economist suggested amid the economic problems brought by the Covid-19 pandemic
The next president of the Philippines should make governance and synergies a priority if the country is to recover from the ravages of the pandemic, become resilient to external shocks, and poise itself for sustainable growth, business leaders said.
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