National security in the Philippines under Duterte
Subtitle: shooting from the hip or pragmatic partnerships beyond the noise?
By: Dr Peter Chalk
Contributors: Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Series: Special report / Australian Strategic Policy Institute; ASPI special report
Publisher: Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Barton ACT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 19
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: National security; Internal security; Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations
Description: In May 2016, Rodrigo Duterte, the long-term mayor of Davao City, won a resounding victory in the Philippines national presidential election, becoming the country's first elected leader from the conflict-ravaged province of Mindanao. He has since set in train a highly populist agenda that has seen internal security and stability as the main priority of his tenure. Central to that focus has been countering terrorism, ending longstanding armed insurgencies and addressing violent crime at home, while pursuing a flexible policy overseas that's aimed at giving him sufficient time and space to deal with pressing domestic concerns. This Special Report examines the manner in which Duterte has gone about securing his internal objectives and assesses the effectiveness of those various approaches.
Notes: "June 2018."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).

In English.
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: Domestic security priorities.; title: Foreign policy.; title: Implications for Australia.; title: Notes.; title: Acronyms and abbreviations.