A multimillion-dollar aviation deal at Clark highlights European economic investment as a tool of strategic power. MANILA: The runway at Clark International Airport was built to launch American air power across Asia. Now, it is being repurposed to project German industrial ambition. “Germany’s growing interest in the Philippines is driven by a clear-eyed recognition that the Indo-Pacific is where defining economic opportunities and security risks will unfold,” said Dindo Manhit, president of