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Three Wars in Eurasia, all eyes on the Middle East and Europe except US and Philippines to take military

drills into contested South China Sea financial times in these last hours.

Subhead expanded annual exercises likely to further strain ties with Beijing.

I welcome Colonel Grant Neusham, United States Marine Corps retired, author of when China attacks.

Grand and I have a long conversation now about what is to be done before violence breaks out

in depth and irrecoverable in East Asia.

Three wars in Eurasia, but our eyes

are on the South China Sea, Taiwan,

and more and more on Japan and Korea.

But the Philippines, Grant, a very good evening to you, thank you for this.

We've mentioned the Philippines now and again,

and recently the President of the Philippines,

Mr. Marcos, wasjidh and talking with the president of the united

states and the prime minister of japan mr kishida

there is a standing agreement that the US will rebase in the Philippines on the main

island in the north Luzon and then on an island that abuts the South China Sea. However, you have led me to understand that the

Philippines do not have a vigorous military and are routinely being challenged and intimidated and threatened by the Chinese in its many

iterations warships, Coast Guard ships, so-called fishing vessels. This arrangement between the US and the Philippines, is it new? Is it fresh? Is it likely to be more effective than what is now in place? Good evening to you.

Oh, good evening, John. The relationship with the Philippines is, it's been on a role for about the last two years since President

Markos took over in the Philippines and sort of shifted policy towards the United States as opposed to his predecessor, which was back towards China.

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