to Taiwan, does the US really intend to help the Philippines in disaster relief with these EDCA sites? And is it really in the national interest of the Philippines to get dragged by the US to interfere in the Taiwan question?” The United States has signed a Defense Agreement with the ...
ANALYSIS - PHILIPPINES GRANTS US FOUR MORE EDCA BASESGordon ArthurAsian Military Review
SANTA ANA, Philippines (AP) — The far-flung coastal town of Santa Ana in the northeastern tip of the Philippine mainland has long been known by tourists mostly for …
and Typhon’s indeterminate placing in that space can be seen from the prism of the Taiwan crisis. Three of the four new agreed locations for US military presence are in northern Luzon. For the first time in the history of the Philippines-US Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday (22 March) four new military bases under an agreement with the US would be located in various parts of the Philippines, including in a province facing the South China Sea.
Additionally, the Philippines has visiting-forces agreements with both Australia and the U.S., hosting nine U.S. military bases on its islands, and under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), it allows U.S. forces rotational access to nine military sites across the country. A ...