Analysis Of The United States-the Philippines Alliance Under The Obama Administration’s Return To The Southeast Asia Strategy

The strategy of "return to southeast Asia" is the Obama administration took office, according to the American global strategy implementation process and the new global strategic environment dynamic after detailed consideration, adjust to the new strategy of south-east Asia. From the point of the substance of "return to southeast Asia" strategy, it mainly aims at is the rise of China. At the same time China is to strengthen southeast Asian influence output. The present a kind of competition and confrontation situation in southeast Asia. Return to southeast Asia in the United States, however, at the same time, domestic financial strain, government personnel changes, the association of south-east Asian nations(ASEAN) wariness and turbulent situation in eastern Europe and the Middle East again in restricts the strategic steps of the United States.In order to find the strategic breakthrough point, to break the deadlock, advances the strategy of "return to southeast Asia, the United States once again to look to the cold war in southeast Asia alliance system. And the Philippines alliance is the most important part of the alliance system. Excellent strategic location in the Philippines, degree of its reliance on the United States and to obey, and its influence in the association of south-east Asian nations(ASEAN) can effectively cooperate with the United States to return to the strategic deployment of southeast Asia. And strong demand for Washington’s support and concern for China, the Philippines also welcomed us strengthen the alliance. Based on their respective interests, since the Philippines alliance mechanism in the Obama administration from politics, economy, military and other aspects are strengthened rapidly.According to the strategy of expectations, continue to deepen the Philippines alliance will make it become the "core" of the United States to return to the southeast Asia strategy. The two Allies in the United States play a strategic vision, in addition to protect and constraints, governing this type of general alliance function, also can have such as to maintain and expand the United States in southeast Asia strategy is the cornerstone of, act as the United States in southeast Asia and changeful mechanism of mediation, the influence of balance in the areas of China, the U.S. Allies in the region and connection system, strengthen the regional interference ability and a series of special functions.From the Philippines build alliance background and the interests of the two respective strategic environmental assessment, long-term stability of the life cycle of the Philippines alliance, so back to the real implications of the southeast Asia strategy can play in the United States will be able to long-term, sustainable development, and to some extent promote the strategic process of the United States. The Philippines alliance asymmetry, however, and the essential difference between the two sides of national interest and hide some unstable factors, which will restrict the effect of the two Allies, even in some cases have the opposite effect.