An Assessment of the RP-U.S. Cooperation on Counterterrorism in the Philippines

<p>The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of the Republic of the Philippines (RP) and the United States (US) cooperation on counterterrorism and how the Philippine government/Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) by way of policy or strategy can effectively combat terrorism--a shared interest by both countries. This research centers on one key issue: What will be the ramifications of continued US-RP cooperation in the Global War on Terror on future US-RP relations? Already the two countries have demonstrated divergent concerns and approaches to GWOT. For example the early volunteerism of the Philippines in sending a contingent to Iraq advanced RP's support in fighting terrorism in consonance to that of the US. However the subsequent decision of the Philippines to withdraw its contingent in order to satisfy domestic concerns collided with US interest. This research is important to the Armed Forces of the Philippines because policy and strategy might be derived to effectively combat terrorism and possibly accelerate the ending of the Philippines' long-running insurgencies.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>