{"id":2205082,"date":"2024-05-13T18:13:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2205082"},"modified":"2024-05-13T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T09:18:56","slug":"us-and-asian-allies-divided-over-long-term-strategy-to-deal-with-chinas-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/05\/us-and-asian-allies-divided-over-long-term-strategy-to-deal-with-chinas-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Asian allies divided over long-term strategy to deal with China\u2019s rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the U.S. rallies its Asian allies to counter Chinese and Russian aggression, a growing divergence in long-term strategies for dealing with China’s rise threatens to undermine unity between Washington and its allies.<\/span><\/p>\n Officials in Washington have been buoyed by the U.S.\u2019 success over the last month in rallying its friends in Asia, including Korea, to stand up to Chinese and Russian aggression. Yet their success glosses over a deepening divergence across the Pacific, not about whether to deter China \u2014 on which there is widespread agreement \u2014 but about whether the ultimate objective is to contain China\u2019s growth or to find a way to live with it.<\/span><\/p>\n The U.S. is rightly pleased about recent progress.<\/span><\/p>\n Visiting Washington in April, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida <\/span>told the U.S. Congress<\/span><\/a> that China\u2019s recent actions present \u201cthe greatest strategic challenge\u2026to the peace and stability of the international community at large.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Japan announced it would work with AUKUS (Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.) on technology cooperation, reiterated its commitment to increased defense spending and loosened restrictions on arms exports and strengthened security cooperation with neighbors including South Korea, Australia and the Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n During talks with Australia last week, ROK Defense Minister Shin Won-sik <\/span>confirmed<\/span><\/a> Seoul was interested in cooperating with AUKUS and also expressed interest in the Quad.<\/span><\/p>\n In Washington, Kishida, President Joe Biden and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. held a trilateral discussion that focused heavily on the situation in the South China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n New Zealand\u2019s Foreign Minister Winston Peters was also in Washington, vowing to work \u201ceven more closely together\u201d with \u201clike-minded regional partners,\u201d including NATO partners South Korea, Australia and Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n