United States-Philippines Bases Agreements: Prospect for its Renewal

Abstract

Remarks on the problems and issues related to the United States- Philippines Bases Agreement and prospect for its renewal. An analysis of the provisions of the new Philippine Constitution; ASEAN perspective on the bases; US policy on nuclear weapons and its interest and options; Philippine interests and priorities, including alternate plans to compensate for the possible withdrawal of the US from the Philippines; and then an assessment of the effects of these factors on the renewal of the Bases Agreement. There are difficulties and barriers to the renewal of the said Agreement posed by conflicting policies of both parties and also due to divergent views on priorities, constitutional processes of both countries, and time constraints for concluding an agreement. However there are options for the United States regarding the problem, depending upon the desired level of its presence in Asia/Pacific region and how central the Philippine bases are to US national security interests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202758

Entities

People

  • Samson M. Mahimer

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.