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Following ASEAN's formation in the 60s, the Philippines had the regions strongest military, and an economy nearly as large as the the four next ASEAN countries combined.

What would be the required steps to make this the status quo in the regiom for the next 50 years? Would it require smarter use of initial US aid and better restructuring of Manila after World War 2?

What about preventing a dictatorship/corruption of Ferdinand Marcos?
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