Inter-imperialist conflicts will further intensify in the coming 2026, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines in the statement of its Central Committee for its 57th anniversary.
“At present, the intensifying political, financial, economic, trade, and military conflicts among the biggest imperialist countries form the principal contradiction, especially amid the unceasing imposition of US imperialist hegemony across the world,” the statement said. “This is the principal contradiction that shapes the current situation throughout the world.”
Armed conflicts already occur in different parts of the world under the initiation of the US.
“This is closely connected to the prolonged economic stagnation of the major capitalist countries that the monopoly bourgeoisie cannot resolve,” the CPP stated. It explained in the statement the continuing crisis of overproduction in the capitalist system, which results in the destruction of productive forces and widespread suffering of workers and peoples worldwide.
In 2025, US military spending reached $1 trillion. Under its new National Security Strategy (2025) (focused mainly on China and Russia), the US declared its goal to develop the “most powerful, most intense, and most technologically advanced” military force.
“The US supposedly aims to ‘avoid confrontation,’ but it only further increases the likelihood of igniting armed conflicts and wars,” the CPP stated.
At present, it leads wars and armed conflicts in Venezuela, Ukraine, Palestine, Iran, and many others.
