NATO and PH: The first step toward a strategic partnership

I'M citing a NATO report that emanated from Canada in November 2021 when President Rodrigo Duterte was in Malacañang. The purpose is to inform the readership that the Philippines is considered a "major non-NATO ally" and what it means for the country currently under the gun from the People's Republic of China. The contents here are from the perspective of NATO. For brevity and impartiality, I paraphrased the contents of the sources.

As tensions continue to rise in the Indo-Pacific, President Duterte turned his attention toward realigning with the United States and allies. This shift in policy opened up fresh opportunities for the US and its allies to strengthen their bonds in Asia. President Duterte realized that trying to strike a deal with Beijing might be a less effective strategy than previously thought. His reversal was the flip side of his expressed intent in 2016 to align with Russia and China.