Southeast Asia Radio & State of Play Crossover: Is the U.S.-Philippines Alliance Really at a Historic High?

In this episode of Southeast Asia Radio, produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Gregory B. Poling is joined by Will Todman, Chief of Staff of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow of the Middle East Program, and Amb. John Negroponte, Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. On the sidelines of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program’s second annual Manila Strategy Forum in early September 2026, they discuss the U.S.-Philippine alliance.