How VIETNAM (and INDONESIA) Plan NOT to End Up Like UKRAINE
The world is ablaze. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Iranian nuclear program, the North Korean bomb and China’s growing expansionism, have brought military matters back to the forefront of international politics. Especially in Europe and also in the Asia-Pacific region.
Following the invasion of Ukraine, the burning question is: How can countries with much smaller military budgets defend themselves against a giant like China? What can be learned from the Ukrainian experience? In this video we tell you how Vietnam and Indonesia are outlining new plans for holding back the Chinese giant.
RU messed up China's plans bigly. These discussions last year were military wonk details and very few of the gen pop would've been in favor of more military spending. But once RU overreached, the gen pop saw the problem with living near to an expansionist, imperial country and now will happily spend more on military.
This is what Yuval Noah Harari has warned about. If Russia would be successful in Ukraine, that would be a green light across the globe to redraw maps by dictatorships and autocracies. That is why supporting Ukraine in any and all ways possible is crucial by everyone, even those faraway countries that think the war has nothing to do with them.
Obviously the future military power of the world will be New Zealand. To achieve this though we might need to buy an airforce (haven't got one) and perhaps one additional ship (we have two!)
The PRC often cites the ASEAN GROUP as evidence of a unified front against "outsiders" to the region. However, if you look deeper beyond the single annual statement, there are no deep ties to the PRC and Communists in Beijing. There is the occasional bridge or tunnel financing deal that's all. In fact Vietnam in particular is quite outspoken against UN-UNCLOS - SCS - PRC belligerent behavior.
China and Russia announced their BFF agreement and then Russia attacked Ukraine just after the Olympics ended. China is now looking for "opportunity" to attack Taiwan or some other country. One thing: I don't think Jinping expected Putler to be a war criminal so now Jinping might be reconsidering being BFF with Putler.
