{"id":159228,"date":"2026-10-23T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159228"},"modified":"2026-10-23T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:00:14","slug":"opportunistic-experts-weigh-manilas-minilateral-agenda-ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159228","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Opportunistic\u2019: experts weigh Manila\u2019s minilateral agenda ahead of Trump-Xi meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Philippines\u2019 dual push for stronger \u201cminilateral\u201d defence links and a more robust Asean security role is dividing analysts, with one calling the move \u201copportunistic\u201d.<br \/>\nSome experts view Manila\u2019s advocacy for the \u201cSquad\u201d alliance as a strategic opportunity to deepen core security partnerships while chairing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Others question how much actual weight is carried by this informal defence grouping \u2013 comprising the United States, the Philippines, Japan and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3371952\/opportunistic-experts-weigh-manilas-minilateral-agenda-ahead-trump-xi-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe Philippines\u2019 dual push for stronger \u201cminilateral\u201d defence links and a more robust Asean security role is dividing analysts, with one calling the move&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159228"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}