Chester Cabalza, Joshua Bernard Espeña, & Ralph Romulus Frondoza

Joshua Bernard Espeña is a resident fellow of IDSC, lecturer at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and co-author of the Rise of Philippinedization: Philippinedization is not Finlandization (2021) and the upcoming The New Middle Powers of Southeast Asia (2023). Ralph Romulus Frondoza is a resident fellow of the IDSC. His research interests include Indo-Pacific geopolitics and minilateralism.

The Case for Joint Patrols in the South China Sea

Opinion - Oct 31, 2023
140927-N-GW918-230 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 27, 2014) The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group transiting the Surigao Strait in the Philippines as seen from the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52). Bunker Hill is deployed as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class LaTunya Howard/Released)

Amid failing diplomacy, it’s time for Manila to pursue ‘diplomacy by other means’ in the South China Sea. Joint patrols are a good start.

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