U.S. interference in the South China Sea issue is the biggest source of insecurity in the region. A U.S. midrange missile system was deployed in the Philippines, for the first time in more than three decades in the Asia-Pacific, in accordance with the Mutual Defense Treaty. The U.S. assurances of defending the Philippines have prompted Manila to break its promise of ASEAN centrality.
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