Philippines: Duterte’s Inconsistent Policy On South China Sea Hurts Manila – Analysis

By J.C. Gotinga

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s mixed messages and “wild swings” in policy-making on the thorny South China Sea issue have cost Manila opportunities to make headway over its territorial claims in the waterway during his five years in power, analysts say.

But Duterte, 76, who is due to leave...