the “quadrilateral dialogue” has become a “farewell meeting”!
2024-09-22
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on the 21st local time, us president biden hosted the quadrilateral security dialogue (quad) summit among the united states, japan, india and australia in his hometown of wilmington, delaware.
since biden and japanese prime minister fumio kishida are about to step down, this meeting is widely regarded by the outside world as a "farewell meeting" for the two. no matter what new tricks the "small circle" of quad wants to come up with in the asia-pacific region, it will be difficult to leave any "political legacy" for anyone.
screenshot of the new york times report
"the united states needs to create division and confrontation"
in recent years, the united states has repeatedly wooed its allies to form a "small circle". quad was set up by the united states in 2017 to trick japan, india and australia.
since its establishment, the activities of this so-called "quadrilateral mechanism" have been dominated by delusions and empty talk of inciting confrontation between the camps, and have therefore been constantly questioned and ridiculed by countries in the region.
however, quad is not the only product of america's gang-building.
in 2021, the united states, the united kingdom and australia formed a trilateral security partnership (aukus) amid doubts from the outside world. as a core part of the partnership, the united states and the united kingdom will help australia build a nuclear submarine fleet.
the okus nuclear submarine cooperation violates the purpose and objectives of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons (npt), sets a bad precedent for npt nuclear-weapon states parties to export nuclear materials and technology to non-nuclear-weapon states parties, poses a serious risk of nuclear proliferation, and has aroused widespread opposition from the international community.
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in fact, the united states, which has shifted its strategic focus to the asia-pacific region, including leading the conclusion of the ocus agreement, has always wanted to tie all regional allies to its chariot and strive to build an "asia-pacific version of nato."
under this strategic plan, in april this year, the united states wooed japan and the philippines to hold the so-called "trilateral summit" in washington, claiming that a number of cooperation plans would be introduced in areas such as defense.
screenshot of a report from the center for strategic and international studies (csis)
li haidong, a professor at the institute of international relations of china foreign affairs university, believes that the united states' relentless pursuit of "stirring up trouble" in the asia-pacific region is determined by its tradition of foreign behavior:
the united states is a country obsessed with hegemony and extremely bellicosity, and it is also a country that plans its foreign strategy based on alliance thinking and group confrontation logic. for the united states, the most powerful strategic tool to ensure its hegemony is the alliance system it controls.
in order to strengthen the function of this strategic tool, the united states needs division and confrontation. therefore, the united states does not hesitate to create crises or exaggerate existing crises to provoke division and confrontation.
we see that in europe, the ukrainian crisis caused by nato's eastward expansion has strengthened nato's functions; and in the asia-pacific region, the united states is also trying to strengthen the functions of its asia-pacific alliance in the same way.
“we should not follow the united states blindly”
although the united states is ambitious, all these "small circles" formed under the cold war mentality and hegemonic logic are actually weak, and the united states' own influence in the asia-pacific region is also declining.
the u.s. magazine foreign affairs recently published an article by an expert from the australian lowy institute, saying that since 2021, joint military exercises and defense dialogues between the united states and its asia-pacific allies have become increasingly frequent, and the strengthening of this relationship is particularly evident in the u.s.-japan alliance. however, simply upgrading the alliance relationship cannot bring decisive additional advantages to the united states' influence in the asia-pacific region.
the reason is that the military strength of these us allies is still relatively small, and the united states refuses to fully share its defense technology, defense strategy and action plans with them; most importantly, all of the us alliances in the asia-pacific region are still based on bilateral security guarantees, in sharp contrast to nato's collective defense commitment.
the article points out that while some countries in the region are allying with the united states, other countries will increasingly see the united states as a distant and unreliable power. therefore, the united states no longer has a dominant position in the asia-pacific region, and its efforts to restore this dominant position are seen as a disaster by many countries in the region.
screenshot of a report from the us magazine foreign affairs
a commentary article recently published on the australian website "pearls and irritations" further pointed out that the united states is the most aggressive and dangerous country in the world.
after reviewing the atrocities committed by the united states in africa, the middle east and other regions, the article also lists in detail the damage the united states has brought to countries in the asia-pacific region.
the article mentioned that during the korean war, air strikes launched by the united states caused 80% of north korea's cities to be razed to the ground, and they have not recovered to this day; the vietnam war caused the deaths of 5.5 million people, and the toxic side effects of chemical agents dropped by the us military in the local area still exist; and according to the research of the "cost of war" project of brown university in the united states, the wars launched by the united states in afghanistan, iraq, yemen, syria and other countries after the "9/11" incident directly led to the deaths of more than 430,000 civilians in these countries, and the indirect death toll caused was as high as 3.6 million to 3.8 million.
the article concludes with a reminder: australia should realize that the united states is the biggest threat to australia’s national interests.
screenshot of article from the australian website "pearls and thrills"
former australian prime minister paul keating also stressed that australia should have its own countermeasures in international and regional affairs and should not follow the footsteps of the united states.
paul keating: "australia is full of us military bases. the current australian government has no countermeasures, which may make australia the 51st state of the united states. but australia does not need to follow the united states."
regarding what the united states has done, lieutenant general he lei, former deputy director of the academy of military sciences, said that these "small circles" put together under the guise of "maintaining security" will not bring any security to the asia-pacific region, but will instead create numerous contradictions and confrontations.
he lei: "the purpose of the united states in establishing and strengthening various military alliances is to create camp confrontations and "small circles". such so-called "security frameworks" will definitely not bring peace and stability to the asia-pacific region, but disputes and contradictions, and even conflicts and wars."
