Vol. VII, No. 23 - December 15, 2025

The latest military agreement between Germany and the Philippines, signed in May 2025, enhances defense cooperation in areas such as cybersecurity, logistics, and UN peacekeeping. This agreement builds on previous collaborations against percieved threats from China and Russia. Following the signing, both countries plan to hold the 3rd Philippines-Germany Security and Defense Staff Talks to outline specific joint activities and initiatives for the upcoming year.

This development hews closely within the US imperialist strategy of involving other imperialist allies in its war preparation against China, in the Philippines as a frontline of the US “first island chain strategy” -- in the guise of “upholding freedom of navigation” and “defending sovereignty” of allied countries in the area.

Earlier, the US and its allies have doubled down in its war preparation.  This warmongering masked as “credible deterence” has dragged the Philippines deeper into the US scheme of regaining dominance in the world.

The US Task Force in the Philippines, known as Task Force-Philippines, was established to enhance military cooperation between the United States and the Philippines. This task force aims to deter Chinese influence in the South China Sea and improve the operational readiness of both nations’ armed forces. Marcos Jr. in a blatant surrender of Philippine sovereignty, enabled the establishment of 9 EDCA (Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement) military bases in strategic locations in the country facing Taiwan and the South China Sea.

Other US imperialist allies have bolted in the war preparation. 

Japan has forged a Defense Cooperation Agreement and the  Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) with the Philippines. New Zealand signed a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SVFA) and the Mutual Logistics Supporting Arrangement (MLSA). Australia is engaged in the Trilateral Security Cooperation between the Philippines, Australia, and the U.S. It has also signed a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) with the Philippines. The U.K. is still in the process of proposing a Visiting Forces Agreement with the Philippines. France has met with top officials from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and discussed on enhancing bilateral defense cooperation. The two nations signed a letter of intent to ramp up military collaboration, which may include discussions on defense agreements and increased military activities

Large periodic joint military exercises are launched to hone the inter-operability of these armed forces against China.

The maritime conflict between the Philippines and China in the South China is being exploited by the US to drag the country into a belligerent confrontation with China and framing this conflict within the context of maintaining the “status quo” or maintaining US hegemony in the region.

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) stands for a peaceful resolution through dialogue and other diplomatic or legal methods in resolving the maritime disputes between the Philippines and China. It is to the interest of the Filipino and Chinese people that an escalation of the conflict be avoided at all costs.

The Marcos puppet regime is acting as a pawn in the imperialist strategy by allowing the US to use the Philippines as a military stronghold, and deploy its own armed forces in US-led maritime operations and war exercises.

The Filipino people must remain vigilant over these treacherous schemes. They must guard against efforts of the US-led imperialist powers that seek to create pretexts for provoking an armed conflict with their rival China, and drag the Philippines and the entire world into the quagmire of inter-imperialist war.