China's aggressive foreign policy approach is alienating countries around Asia.
President Joe Biden hosts a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines, in New York, September 21, 2022. Credit: The White House via Flickr
Since the dawn of international politics, smaller states have faced the formidable challenge of navigating great-power rivalries. Today, it is the geopolitical contest between the United States and China that has compelled countries to balance their competing national interests. Toward which side they gravitate depends on domestic and external circumstances.
Consider the Philippines, which has an interest in maintaining both its growing economic ties with neighboring China as well as its half
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