United States-Philippines bases agreements: prospect for its renewal. Research report

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6283613

Mahimer, S M

Remarks on the problems and issues related to the United States-Philippines Bases Agreement and prospect for its renewal are included namely: 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.

• Research Organization: Air War Coll., Maxwell AFB, AL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6283613
• Report Number(s): AD-A-202758/9/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
MILITARY FACILITIES
BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PHILIPPINES
USA
NATIONAL SECURITY
FOREIGN POLICY
PROGRESS REPORT
AGREEMENTS
ASIA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
ISLANDS
NORTH AMERICA
SECURITY
WEAPONS
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