Tag Archives: Geopolitics

The U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on May 20 to start a five-day trip to Asia. Biden landed at Osan Air Base in Seoul by plane. There he met with Yoon Seok-yeol, the newly elected President of South Korea for the first time.

A mock war game exercise assuming if the Chinese Communist Party would attack Taiwan by force in 2027. The conclusion of the war game exercise is that once the PLA invades Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific region will be plunged into a broad and drawn-out war.

On May 15, the Sankei Shimbun reported in New York that Japan Parade to introduce Japanese tradition and culture was held for the first time in New York, USA on May 14. The purposes of this event are to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the visit of the Japanese mission led by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Iwakura Tomomi in 1872, and to promote the friendship between the U.S. and Japan.

The U.S. President Joe Biden hosted the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Washington, D.C. on May 12 and 13 for a U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. President Biden said on the 13th that the summit marked the launch of a "new era" in the relationship between the United States and the 10-nation bloc. And "a great deal of the history of our world in the next 50 years is going to be written in the ASEAN countries".

Russia's largest state-owned electricity company RAO Nordic, mother company of its Finnish subsidiary RAO Nordic Oy, announced on Friday to suspend electricity supply to Finland from Saturday, owing to non-payment for the supplied electricity. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, tensions between Finland and Russia rise over the country’s NATO membership announcement.

Strong concerns vigilances have been growing over Communist China's frequent provocations and continuous expansion into the South China Sea. To help the Philippines securing the South China Sea and boost its maritime patrol capabilities, the Japanese government donated a large patrol ship to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). The vessel, named the Teresa Magbanua, is about 97 meters long and weighs 2,260 tons. It is the largest-ever patrol vessel acquired by the Philippine Coast Guard.

The U.S. has just started the process of launching the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Taiwan would not be excluded from the IPEF, while he testified at the Hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on April 28.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki restated President Joe Biden's call on Friday to expel Russia from the Group of 20 intergovernmental forum after Putin affirmed his interest in participating the G20 summit in November. Psaki was asked at a news briefing if the United States would welcome Russia to the G20, she replied that "there's a lot that could happen between now and then."

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to Brussels, Belgium from April 19 to 22. Sherman and European External Action Service (EEAS) Secretary General Stefano Sannino underscored in a joint statement on the 22nd that the US and Europe will continue to urge China not to circumvent or undermine sanctions against Russia. They reiterated that any form of support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine would have consequences for U.S. and EU’s respective relationships with China.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will visit Japan next week. He will hold talks with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for strengthening its cooperation with Japan as Germany’s growing vigilance towards Communist China. The German government announced at a regular press briefing on the 22nd that Chancellor Scholz would depart from Germany on the 27th next week and visit Japan from the 28th to the 29th.

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The Communist China’s refusal to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine, made Lithuania more aware of the interconnectedness of threats between Russia and China, and the dangers of bowing to authoritarian hooligans.

The childish behaviour of the Chinese government for not buying British pork from UK meat factories that had Covid outbreaks many many months ago.