America owes the Philippines more than empty praise

Elbridge Colby touts alliance, but path from promise to payoff is fraught U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby attends a forum in Manila on Aug. 10. © Reuters Richard Heydarian is an Asia-based geopolitics expert and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."

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