... or China and the DPRK, in order to build anti-Russian and anti-Chinese sentiments in the Republic of Korea and Japan
In foreign media and academic articles, they increasingly often refer to a “Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang axis” that is emerging in Northeast Asia (NEA). Under these circumstances, Western authors believe, the U.S. and its main Pacific allies, Japan and the Republic of Korea, should close their ranks even more. Such reasoning is constructed for some alternative reality as it suffers from a lack of causality. More so, it is absolutely unclear why the formats of cooperation between “liberal democracies” are so much better than the cooperation of “autocracies.”
The TAO of security
Andrey Kortunov:
US — Japan — South Korea Military Cooperation ...
The growing US-Japanese-South Korean military cooperation inevitably leads to stronger China-Russia-North Korea ties
The Russian-North Korean ... ... "Moscow-Beijing-Pyongyang axis" that harbors unquestionable hostile intentions toward the West is rapidly emerging in Northeast Asia. It is suggested that Moscow is now ready to directly assist North Korea with its nuclear and, especially, with ...
.... A new format with a different list of participants, but that would still include the key regional stakeholders, Russia and Japan among them, is another one.
3. The United States and Russia should make utmost effort to overcome the vicious circle of distrust, accusations, pressure, and threats that is building up between them, and the political will necessary for this must be exercised ... ... and Washington should not let this negative dynamic influence the prospects of their cooperation on the issues of security in Northeast Asia.
4. The potential resumption of talks on the Korean issue should be used as an opportunity for increasing dialogue ...
The Conference focuses on the future of Northeast Asia and the challenges and opportunities it faces. Much of the discussion is devoted to Russia's and U.S. stances towards ... ... the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and the National Committee on American Foreign Policy (
NCAFP
) host a U.S.–Japan–Russia Trilateral Conference in New York. This is the third event in a series that is to result in a joint trilateral ...
... same thing.” The logic of maintaining the status quo by seeking changes as the core idea of the convergence between the Japan–US alliance and Southeast Asia can be discovered in the recently published report by the Hawaii-based East-West Center ... ... Southeast Asia had not been a region of focus for the US-Japan relationship, the report reads. Since the end of the Cold War, Northeast Asia has remained Japan’s main security perimeter (we will have more on the regional pattern later), and the DPRK ...
The struggle for offshore resources has intensified in East Asia, and Japan-China tensions seem of particular concern. Due to its alliance treaty with Japan, the United States is also involved in ... ... US-Chinese relations, as the two countries’ combined account for almost one-third of the world's GDP.
Security and stability in Northeast Asia involves a balance between mutual deterrence of Japan-US military alliance and the individual military capabilities ...
