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This report takes stock of the US’ military agreements with Japan and the Philippines and gauges how applicable they are to the latter two states’ maritime and territorial disputes with China. More specifically, the text’s author 1) highlights those parts of the agreements that are most relevant to the current disputes and how they’re perceived by all the stakeholders involved; 2) clarifies the quarrels’ backgrounds; and 3) concludes that the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute is within the scope of the US-Japan Alliance, but the applicability of the US-Philippines compact to the South China Sea is vague at best.