By Aamir Khan

June 20, 2016

"Seldom are leaders tested when they have not even assumed power. Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte will be sworn into office on June 30, but the international community is already watching him with both attention and expectation. This is not surprising: Regional and even global politics might be affected by what he decides on the South China Sea issue.

To recap, in January 2013, the Philippines, under outgoing President Benigno Aquino III, unilaterally initiated arbitration at the Hague-based international tribunal regarding its claims in the South China Sea, immediately plunging the friendly ties with China to a new nadir."

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