Publication

This report examines the efforts of the Philippine government under President Aquino to negotiate a long-term peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and CPP-NPA-NDF (CNN). It ultimately concludes that 1) the Aquino administration has been more invested and successful in pursuing peace negotiations with the MILF than with the CNN, and 2) the administration has struggled to insulate the peace negotiations with the MILF from deliberate provocations and outside disruptions.