After Duterte dissonance, Marcos set to pivot back to Washington


Marcos meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, on Aug 6, 2022. - Reuters

WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Newly elected Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will soon visit Singapore and Indonesia - and probably the United States before the end of the year - providing clues as to how he will navigate the increasingly dangerous space of the US-China rivalry in which his country, a US ally, is a potential front-line state.

The signs are a departure from the truculent style of former president Rodrigo Duterte, who was notorious for sniping at the US and seemingly veering closer to China.

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