Abstract

This chapter evaluates the Philippines' foreign and security policy towards the South China Sea (SCS) using the neorealist concept of security dilemma and the strategy of hedging. It argues that President Rodrigo Duterte is not changing the Philippines' long-standing policy towards China and the SCS dispute. It also stresses how Duterte has changed the Philippine government's present attitude towards China and Manila's current approach in dealing with territorial conflicts in the SCS. The chapter discusses international relations that offer some explanations to Duterte's kind of foreign policy attitude. It provides a more nuanced analysis of Duterte's actions in the SCS, which reveals his apparent pragmatism in dealing with China and the US.

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