RESTRUKTURISASI KEBIJAKAN LUAR NEGERI FILIPINA: UPAYA PRESIDEN RODRIGO DUTERTE UNTUK MENGAKHIRI DEPENDENSI KE AMERIKA SERIKAT

Dzulfiqar Fathur Rahman (Departemen Hubungan Internasional, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Diponegoro)
Mohamad Rosyidin (Departemen Hubungan Internasional, Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Diponegoro)

Journal of International Relations Diponegoro
Volume 5, Nomor 1, Tahun 2019

Under President Rodrigo Duterte, Philippines pursues the so-called independent foreign policy that’s associated with the decline in its special relationship with the United States. By conducting a case study based on the theory of foreign policy restructuring, this research seeks to explain why the Philippines undertake foreign policy change in a dramatic and fundamental manner. Following Holsti, this research argues that the Philippines’ foreign policy restructuring is a response to non-military threat. The United States’ interference in Duterte’s anti-drug campaign and South China Sea (or SCS) policy constitutes such threat. This research finds that non-military threat led the Philippines to restructure its foreign policy that undermines its bilateral relations with the United States, while improving its relations with non-traditional state partners such as China and Russia.