Philippines, US Should Revisit Treaty To Include China’s ‘Gray-Zone’ Tactics – Analysis
By Camille Elemia
The Philippines and United States need to revisit their longtime mutual defense pact to address Beijing’s increasing use of “gray-zone” activities – or acts of aggression short of an armed attack – in the disputed South China Sea, experts said.
Under the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), the two allies are compelled to come to each other’s defense in the event of “an armed external attack,” but the term is ambiguous and needs to be more clearly defined, according to analysts interviewed by BenarNews. Читать дальше...