Transcription of The Philippines Internal and External Security Challenges
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SPECIAL REPORTF ebruary 2012 Issue 45 The Philippines Internal and External Security challengesby Zachary AbuzaTen years ago, the Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines was thrust into the international spotlight with evidence that major al-Qaeda attacks were being planned in Mindanao and the terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), was using the region as a training base for operations in Indonesia. Today, the Philippines confronts a Security environment that is more complex and less amenable to simple solutions. Indeed, few countries in the region face as many Internal and External Security Challenges .
North Africa due to the unrest of the Arab Spring, and fewer went overseas in the first half of 2011 than in the previous year. Military context The AFP is ill-equipped to meet current security challenges. Military expenditure is limited, the 18-year defence reform program is slow out of the starting blocks, the inventory
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