How the Philippines Could Pave the Way for a Minilateral Arrangement: Policy Directions for a Philippine-led South China Sea Minilateral Initiative

This policy brief is based on the University of the Philippine Center for Integrative and Development Studies Strategic Studies Program (UP CIDS SSP) research, “A Philippine Perspective: Capacitating ASEAN to address security issues in Southeast Asia” written by RAdm. Rommel Jude G. Ong (ret.) and Ramon D. Bandong Jr.

The UP CIDS Policy Brief Series features short reports, analyses, and commentaries on issues of national significance and aims to provide research-based inputs for public policy. The views and opinions expressed in this policy brief are those of the author/s and neither reflect nor represent those of the University of the Philippines or the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies. UP CIDS policy briefs are not for quotation or reprinting without permission from the author/s and the Center.

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