TY - BOOK AU - ARTHUR Gordon TI - Philippines: tried, tested & troubled PY - 2012/// KW - PHILIPPINES KW - MILITARY N2 - In January the ministry of foreign affairs confirmed Manila was seeking expanded military ties such as port visits, more exercises, access to real time data, and rotating visits of perssonel and maritime patrol aircraft. The article highlights on Islamic extrimism , American influence, external defence, improving capability, and communist insurrection ER -