Philippine Foreign Policy and

External SecurityHerman Joseph S. Kraft

4 February 2009

Three Pillars

• (1) the preservation and enhancement of national security

•• (2) the promotion and attainment of economic

security through the mobilization of external resources for economic advancement and social development

•• (3) the protection of rights, and promotion of the

welfare and interests of Filipinos overseas

National Security Defined

• a condition “wherein the people’s way of life and institutions, their territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as their welfare and well-being are protected and enhanced.”

Elements of National Security

▫ Moral/spiritual consensus

▫ Cultural cohesiveness

▫ Economic solidarity/organizity

▫ Socio-political stability

▫ Ecological integrity

▫ Territorial integrity

▫ External peace

Shifting nature and context of

national security• Object being the people

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• Broader context

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• Involves not just the Department of Defense, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the AFP, and the police

New security issues

• economic security

• food security

• energy security

• climate change

• toxic waste dumping

• the depletion of marine resources

• illegal drugs

• human trafficking

Bilateral Security Arrangements

Philippine-US security relations

• MDT (1951)

• VFA (1999)

ASEAN

• Declaration on the Conduct of Parties to the South China Sea

• ASEAN Regional Forum Meetings on various security issues

Disaster Relief

Security implications of Climate Change

Counter-terrorism and Transnational Crime

Joint Exercise on Disaster Relief in August 2009

ASEAN+3

• Chariman’s Statement at the 10th AP3 FMM (22 July 2009)

• Reference to North Korean nuclear weapons tests and missile launches

• Condemnation of acts of terrorism in Jakarta on 17 July 2009

• ASEAN Plus Three Health Ministers meeting on Influenza A (H1N1) on 8 May 2009

ASEAN+3

• Adoption of a statement on ASEAN Plus 3 Coopeation on Food Security and Bio-Energy Development (AP3 Summit in October 2009)

• East Asia Emergency Rice Reserve (EAERR) Pilot Project (involved Ministers of Agriculture)

• Energy Cooperation – including energy security (PROC hosted an AP3 Forum on Nuclear Energy Safety (29 June-1 July 2009)

Fora undertaken under AP3

auspices• East Asian Roundtable on Food Security

Cooperation Strategy in April 2009

• AP3 Forum on Non-Traditional Security Issues by Armed Forces in June 2009

ASEAN Political and Security

Comunity• Normative foundations for ASEAN

▫ Democracy

▫ Human Rights

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