“Although an expansion of NATO into Asia may be a distant possibility, increased military and intelligence collaborations will undoubtedly remain a concern for the Chinese leadership.” Opinion | Burak_elmalii
Leaders from Asia pose for a group photo with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Vilnius / Photo: AP Archive / Photo: Reuters
While China tries to portray itself as a friendly neighbour in the Asia-Pacific, its assertive foreign policy and belligerent actions areHowever, some in the West are still burying their heads in the sand of realpolitik, interpreting events as “democracies” moving away from their non-democratic neighbours.
The depiction of China as a burgeoning menace to the so-called rules-based international order has become a recurring mantra, frequently employed to preserve the dominance of the US and its pivot to Asia. Likewise, the President of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce showed scepticism about renouncing trade with China,German business circles abhor such prospects, given Germany’s role as an economic powerhouse within the EU.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has frequently reiterated the adherence to the one-China policy and emphasised that there is no intention to support Taiwan’s independence. Other neighbours of China are closely following the newly-incepted containment strategy. The official communique of Modi’s visit – which expressed minimal concern over his Hindu nationalistic government’s heavy-handed policies against minorities – illustrates the dilution of democratic rhetoric in favour of realpolitik.
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