Originally posted by Officer of Engineers
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Originally posted by Officer of Engineers
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Getting ASEAN onboard is the challenge.
Holding RIMPAC 2020 in the SCS will only work if it is part of a much broader U.S.-led multinational effort that includes economic, diplomatic, and informational “fronts” to assert the “rule of law” and national interests. If it’s just RIMPAC 2020 and nothing else, few if any countries will join; rightfully fearing that if they do, afterwards they’ll be alone to face a really angry China.
More than saying the US is back.
He was serious about quad. The test of quad is whether ASEAN comes closer in a years time or not.
This is going to take time. A sustained effort.
Originally posted by Officer of Engineers
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If RIMPAC is done there we have no excuse. It would be quad countries.
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