Kommentar: Wenn die USA ein „Vermieter suchen, der Miete sucht“, wie muss Südostasien die Verteidigung überdenken?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/united-states-southeast-asia-trade-tariff-defence-ukraine-4966946
Kommentar: Wenn die USA ein „Vermieter suchen, der Miete sucht“, wie muss Südostasien die Verteidigung überdenken?
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/united-states-southeast-asia-trade-tariff-defence-ukraine-4966946
9 Kommentare
As countries in Southeast Asia try to reconfigure to a new arrangement for collective security and prosperity amid shifts in the US‘ position, they would do well to remember this – the collective interest is best served when they are individually able to protect themselves so that they may then play their part collectively
Taiwan’s model would be a good idea. Become indispensable in a critical industry.
Really sucks that the majority of people in my country don’t think there is value in just having the backs of our friends around the world. But I think we’re going to see the consequences of that here very soon.
It cant. Taiwan will meet the same fate as Ukraine is things keep going this way
It all comes down to cooperation, and collaboration but not dependency. Since WW2 America built a hegemony and for most of the developed world our economies, politics and geopolitics have revolved around the wants and desires of the US. For whatever reason the US has decided to tear this world order down.
I think geographically there needs to be smaller blocks of cooperation and self-sufficiency, Anglo countries, European countries, SEA countries etc and with that cross-collaboration between those groups.
With every issue, these countries and groups need greater self-sufficiency.
They all have the manpower, technology and economic strength. It is all about aiming it more internally rather than with a globalist mindset without blocking out and ignoring your closest allies.
Self-sufficiency is admirable but isolationism can cause issues further down the line.
With Britain/Canada/Australia – Germany/France/Poland – Taiwan/Japan/South Korea (Including other countries) you have some really strong groups that can cover most of the globe so long as they can set aside their differences.
I was wondering when someone would bring up the security of Asia, considering how Trump is handling security Europe. Remember they withdrew from the TPP under Trump.
Don’t put your egg in the same basket. Look at Singapore. China will not be a threat to Singapore because China has too much vested interest and capital in Singapore. Singapore is also super neutral.
Switzerland didn’t get attacked in WWII for the same reason.
I think this strategy can work for all countries and territories of that area except for Taiwan.
Without the US where could SE Asia pivot to? EU? EU, though it has tons of money, cannot even match US‘ arms aid to Ukraine to properly repel Russia. Their military industry is advanced but scale is a glaring problem– scale that could take years before it could accommodate their needs and SEA for that matter. This could be said with India, SK, and Japan as well.
We can all create regional defense blocs to mitigate Chinese or even the US future encroachment but even if we do and pool all of our resources together, where will we buy the weapons to defend these blocs?
since when did we not seek rent? We arent protecting democracy from the goodness of our hearts. This is geopoltics 101. Every kid in college whatver coutnry knows the us uses soft power for makret share. And decides that they literally do pay rent. South korea, germany and any first world coutnry the us has troops in pays rent to the use ona literal basis
They should diversify their options, rope in India and Japan if US pulls back.