Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos is playing a delicate game of great power relations between Beijing and Washington.
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Bongbong Marcos is the projected winner of the Philippines election. That the son of a brutal dictator has won shows how wedded the country is to dynastic politics – and image manipulation.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is at an interesting place: leaning on China for financial support, and looking to the US for security cover.
The foul-mouthed, tough-talking president of the Philippines is ironically a pragmatist on foreign policy.
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