Washington DC 4 July 2022
Over on our other channel - The ThirdOffset Strategy - we explore the impact of current US instability on global affairs. In particular, China’s South Pacific strategy of cutting off Australia, a vocal Chinese critic, from the rest of the world. Our southern cousins have been steadfast in standing up to the Chinese dictatorship in part because America has always been there for them - and vice versa. But like our NATO allies, our Asian security treaty allies (Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand) are asking the current Administration why they should bother buying into Washington’s current policies when the chances are high that Trump will return and he will follow through on his plans to end NATO and withdraw the US from the rest of the world. Putin, Xi and KJU will then be free to do what they want while our former allies suffer what they must.
To see how our allies and their local partners are navigating America’s collapse into dictatorship see this reporting and analysis from the region: