1. How does former President Benigno Aquino III's inclination towards the United States and President Rodrigo Duterte's inclination towards China manifest the mendicancy of our foreign policy? Expound using Claro M. Recto's concept of mendicancy from his speech "Our Mendicant Foreign Policy"
2. Taking off from Renato De Castro's "Weaknesses and Gambits in Philippine Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century", does the current administration's battle against insurgency remain as a foreign policy weakness? Articulate.