President-elect Joseph Biden has made the restoration of America's frayed ties with allies a top foreign policy priority. But the incoming American leader will face major hurdles in places such as the Philippines.
In his latest strategic outburst, President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to fully nix the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), a backbone of Philippine-US military cooperation currently placed on probation, unless Washington provides tens of millions of Covid-19 vaccines.
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