The article was published online by Yahoo! News on March 11, 2017. The quote originated from an op-ed by Dr Malcolm Cook in The New York Times on October 18, 2016, titled “The U.S. Needs the Philippines for Its Strategic Location”.
Dr Malcolm Cook is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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