Waiting on this for a long time
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 7:12AM ARTICLE:
US and China tug at ASEAN unity, By Michael Vatikiotis, Asia Times Online, May 8th, 2007
Waiting on this argument/analysis for a long time.
ASEAN grows, cooperation gets more complex, and just when it needs mulitlateralist impulses from within and without, along with a strategic vision for Asia's security/economic integration (to keep pace with NATO and EU), along come both the unimaginative Chinese and clumsy Americans all hooting and hollering about why "you need a much stronger bilat with me!"
This is a pointless contest that--ultimately--we cannot win.
We can only leapfrog and simultaneously jumpstart it by making the East Asian NATO happen ASAP, thus negating a choice that no one in Asia wants to make: between their favorite final assembler and their favorite customer.
Another example of what having two Bush terms costs us: delay.
Thanks to Rob Johnson for sending this.
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