I think the reason there are not outlined defense guarantees is because of the lingering remnants of the one-China policy. What are the advantages to laying it out? We know that if China invades anywhere, it will be Taiwan before the Philippines.
We know that five eyes will team up with Japan & the Philippines to protect Taiwan’s future sovereignty. How the other nations respond is tbd, like the writer said.
I feel like an explicit agreement would just enflame the tensions moreover. What’s understood doesn’t need to be explained.
kinda surprising article coming from Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative who doesn’t even mention Eldridge Colby (co-founder of the Marathon Initiative lol) in the article.
I lol’d at the subtitle: Quad Goals.
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Just before taking office last year, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned that *“the absence of a collective self-defense system like NATO in Asia means that wars are likely to break out.”*
This is a fascinating quote that i had not seen before
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AUKUS and the Quad: What he say Fuck me for?
I think the reason there are not outlined defense guarantees is because of the lingering remnants of the one-China policy. What are the advantages to laying it out? We know that if China invades anywhere, it will be Taiwan before the Philippines.
We know that five eyes will team up with Japan & the Philippines to protect Taiwan’s future sovereignty. How the other nations respond is tbd, like the writer said.
I feel like an explicit agreement would just enflame the tensions moreover. What’s understood doesn’t need to be explained.
kinda surprising article coming from Ely Ratner, Principal at the Marathon Initiative who doesn’t even mention Eldridge Colby (co-founder of the Marathon Initiative lol) in the article.
I lol’d at the subtitle: Quad Goals.
Just before taking office last year, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba warned that *“the absence of a collective self-defense system like NATO in Asia means that wars are likely to break out.”*
This is a fascinating quote that i had not seen before