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Very pleased to announce the release of our new report - "Riding Unruly Waves: The #Philippines’ Military Modernisation Effort" #Allies #maritime #middlepowers Crisis Group Georgi Engelbrecht crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/s…

1. I have spent the last days in the Bangsamoro region in the southern Philippines. But despite the ever-present security challenges and the complex peace process, another trend is evident: The re-orientation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 🧵

3. Manila is increasing its defence acquisitions, augmenting its military partnerships and deepening its alliance with Washington. It tries to balance the “hardware” of new equipment with the “software” of thinking beyond jungle warfare/counterterrorism towards coastal defence.

9. Read more in our Crisis Group report on the Philippine defence modernisation: crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific/s…

ONLINE EVENT | Riding Unruly Waves: The Philippines’ Military Modernisation Effort 25 August | 8am Bangkok | 11am Canberra | 9pm Washington DC w/ Lindsey W. Ford, Rommel Jude Ong, Georgi Engelbrecht, and Dr Huong LE THU. Registration ⬇️ us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Your weekend read on Philippine defence modernisation.

crisisgroup.org/how-we-work/ev… In case you missed it - please register, and see you online in a week, for a discussion on Manila's shift to external defence.