Relationship dossier
Philippines
Thailand
Relationship assessment
The Philippines and Thailand maintain a strategic partnership with bilateral cooperation and humanitarian assistance.
Philippines toward Thailand
+35The Philippine government joined Thailand in elevating bilateral ties to a strategic partnership in 2015 and in setting out a plan for cooperation. The breadth and implementation of Philippine-led cooperation under these arrangements are unclear.
Thailand toward Philippines
+40The Thai government joined the Philippines in establishing a strategic partnership in 2015 and provided humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines a formal strategic partnership and bilateral cooperation planning with a concrete Thai humanitarian response to a major Philippine disaster. These features support a generally cooperative relationship, though the extent of sustained cooperation is not fully clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
The Philippines and Thailand maintain a cooperative bilateral relationship, formalized as a strategic partnership in 2015 and supported by a joint plan for cooperation. Thailand also provided humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. These arrangements and actions indicate practical cooperation, although the scope and implementation of bilateral commitments are not fully clear.
Key developments
The Philippines and Thailand elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership and set out a bilateral cooperation plan.
Thailand provided humanitarian assistance to the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of the strategic partnership and its cooperation plan are unclear.
- Details of sustained bilateral cooperation beyond the known partnership arrangements and humanitarian assistance are limited.