MANILA, Philippines—The prospect of the United States and China stumbling into full-blown conflict in the South China Sea is growing and the Philippines will get dragged into it whether it likes it or not, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
At a forum hosted by the Stratbase ADR Institute on Wednesday (Nov. 25), the Philippine defense chief said the rivalry of the two superpowers in the South China Sea is consuming the interest and time of security agencies in the region.
“This then is the crux of the security challenge in the Indo-Pacific region, the looming confrontation of the US and its allies and Chinafor the South China Sea,” Lorenzana said.
While the US and China assert…
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