The Philippine government should take at least three crucial courses of action if it wants to preserve the rules-based order at sea, a marine expert said Thursday.
“Any change in our course must start somewhere. It should begin with the change in the soft and submissive policy and replacement with a more active and protective one. It does not entail a shift to an aggressive and war-mongering tone, but simply a more dignified one based on self-respect and equal footing,” said Dr. Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of the Philippines Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, in a forum marking the second anniversary of the Philippines’ legal victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
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