NATO's Indo-Pacific Policy Riddled with Challenges

Monday, September 30, 2024

Western allies are waking up to the threat on NATO's borders and the increased ties between Russia and China. But the security alliance's goal to work more closely with the Indo-Pacific region still has a long way to go.

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... Russia and China have been conducting joint naval drills and war games in recent weeks, in a show of strength and camaraderie for the regional and Western audience.

Several experts told DW that Moscow's intentions were to distract the United States from Europe and weaken the NATO alliance, while China intended to ----- regional adversaries and learn lessons from Russia's war experience.

"Russia wants the US to focus more on the Indo-Pacific in the hope that it will reduce military deployment and its support to Europe," said Ying-Yu Lin, a military expert at Tamkang University in Taiwan.

At least 15 countries were invited to observe the drills, but China was the key partner.

"We pay special attention to strengthening military cooperation with friendly states," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the launch of the exercises in early September, as if brandishing Moscow's defense cooperation with Beijing as a counterweight to the Western security alliance. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-29 12:37 AM

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Lyrics excerpt...

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...
Well there are good guys and there are bad guys
And there are crooks and criminals
There are doctors and there are lawyers
And there are folks like you and me

So let's get high while the radio's on
Just relax and sing a song
Drive your car up on the lawn
Let me play your guitar

Well, this here verse is for the people in russia
Though it is a long long ways away
They couldn't hear this song in russia
But couldn't understand the words anyway

So let's get high while the radio's on
Just relax and sing a song
Drive your car up on the lawn
Let me play your guitar

So just be glad you live in america
Just relax and be yourself
Cuz if you didn't live here in america
You'd probably live somewhere else
...

CVB is a fun group ...

(I'll leave it at that)

... Russia's foreign minister says the term denuclearization when applied to North Korea is meaningless in light of what he described as a serious regional security threat posed by the United States, South Korea and Japan.

Sergey Lavrov also accused them of openly calling the US-South Korea alliance a "nuclear alliance" like NATO.

The comments were posted online on Thursday.

Lavrov said the United States and South Korea are attempting to form a tripartite with Japan, and accused Tokyo of being "outspoken in its commitment to remilitarisation."

Lavrov said denuclearization under such conditions is "off the table." ...