Reinhard Bütikofer@ulrichspeck @chipmanj I would say (one of) the most important question(s) on so many minds at #SLD22 was: How can preemption and prevention strategies avoid an Asian repetition of the Ukrainian experience?
#SLD22 brought together 575 delegates from 59 countries, including 32 ministers.
#PRC discussants at #SLD22 repeatedly push the narrative that U.S. & EU engagement with the Indo-Pacific principally amounts to interference and injects tensions and dangers into an otherwise peaceful region. Indonesia was, as far as I heard, the only country to partly echo that.
Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti)
#PRC discussants at #SLD22 repeatedly push the narrative that U.S. & EU engagement with the Indo-Pacific principally amounts to interference and injects tensions and dangers into an otherwise peaceful region. Indonesia was, as far as I heard, the only country to partly echo that.
#Fiji MinDef Seruiratu, focusses strongly on climate change (after "apologizing" for digressing from the topic of regional hegemonic competition): "The single greatest threat to our very existence is climate change." #SLD22
The last speech of #SLD22 comes, as is the tradition, from MinDef Dr. Ng. "More dangerous world since we last met in 2019." He talks of a "receding tie of global cooperation". How to avert disaster? Ng warns against believing that the center of international tensions would be ...
Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti)
The last speech of #SLD22 comes, as is the tradition, from MinDef Dr. Ng. "More dangerous world since we last met in 2019." He talks of a "receding tie of global cooperation". How to avert disaster? Ng warns against believing that the center of international tensions would be ...
#Canada, like France a day before, pleads for accession to ADMM+. Minister Anand promises a CAN Indo-Pacific Strategy. And she mentions, positively, #CPTPP, the first time in the whole conference that I hear this acronym. (The CAN minister speaks bilingually!) #SLD22
Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti)
#Canada, like France a day before, pleads for accession to ADMM+. Minister Anand promises a CAN Indo-Pacific Strategy. And she mentions, positively, #CPTPP, the first time in the whole conference that I hear this acronym. (The CAN minister speaks bilingually!) #SLD22
RT @joshrogin: Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe: “Taiwan is first and foremost China’s Taiwan… China will definitely realize reunification.” This is why leaders like @ZelenskyyUa are calling on the world to help Taiwan now: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/11/zelensky-calls-for-support-taiwan-before-china-attacks-ukraine-russia/ #SLD22
RT @IISS_org: While China’s pressure on Taiwan grows, European capitals are increasingly aware that a cross-strait crisis would have direct political, security and economic ramifications for the European continent.
Read the research paper | #SLD22
https://www.iiss.org/blogs/research-paper/2022/03/taiwan-cross-strait-stability-and-european-security
Taiwan, Cross-strait Stability and European Security: Implications and Response Options
The European Union and European capitals are increasingly looking to the Indo-Pacific as the central arena for future economic growth and competition over the rules-based international order. However, China’s ambition to unite Taiwan with the mainland, including potentially through the use of force, risks destabilising the region. While interest in cross-strait stability and Taiwan’s security has increased in Europe, there is still little clarity about what role individual countries and the EU envision for themselves in deterring a cross-strait conflict, or indeed what role they could play in case of a conflict. This report therefore examines the evolution of the Europe–Taiwan relationship through political, economic and security lenses. It demonstrates that, contrary to conventional wisdom, European capitals could leverage political, economic and even some limited military means for deterrence ahead of or during a Taiwan contingency if there is the political will to do so.
#CAN MinDef Anita Anand, participating in the 7th ( and last) panel at #SLD22, gives more prominence to the climate change dimension of international security than any other person on main stage. Announces the creation of a NATO Center of Excellence on #Climate & Security in CAN.
Reinhard Bütikofer (@bueti)
#CAN MinDef Anita Anand, participating in the 7th ( and last) panel at #SLD22, gives more prominence to the climate change dimension of international security than any other person on main stage. Announces the creation of a NATO Center of Excellence on #Climate & Security in CAN.