Richard Heydarian is a senior lecturer at the Asian Center of the University of the Philippines and author of "The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Struggle for Global Mastery."
Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. has overseen a dramatic foreign policy shift in his first year in office despite initially signaling continuity with Beijing-leaning predecessor Rodrigo Duterte. Instead, Marcos has sought closer security partnerships with the U.S., Japan, Australia and European nations.
