Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the 12th ASEAN-U.S. Summit at the National Convention Centre, in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 11. © Reuters
Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of “The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery.”
Of all American allies in the world, perhaps no country was as sangfroid about this month’s U.S. presidential elections as the Philippines. After all, the Filipino strategic elite had developed warm ties with the top two candidates in past years.
