China's Gray Zone Actions in the Philippines

Abstract

The United States Government lacks an effective strategy for protecting national strategic interests in the Republic of the Philippines from the threat of China's actions. Several of these interests are threatened at a significant level of risk due to China's effective use of the instruments of national power Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economic (DIME). China is attempting to break the alliance between the US and the Philippines, to establish de facto control of the South China Sea, and to circumvent the international order in favor of its own alternative order. These actions are coordinated to achieve hegemony in the region that some consider to be the global economic center of gravity. This study analyzes how the US, China, and the Philippines have used ways and means to coordinate the elements of national power in support of achieving national objectives, and also assesses the risk to US national strategic interests in the Philippines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 2018
Accession Number
AD1084207

Entities

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  • Matthew S. Finnie

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

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  • Agreements
  • Economic Systems
  • Economic Warfare
  • Foreign Aid
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Law
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Recreation
  • Risk Analysis
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

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