Moon Chung-in Advocates for Neutral Policy Between the U.S. and China
No soon after I post an article speculating that South Korea is pursuing a policy of neutrality here comes President Moon’s trial balloon expert advocating for this exact policy:
South Korea should work together with Australia, Canada and Japan to form regional economic or security frameworks so as to create a new order free from the burden of choosing sides between the United States and China, an adviser to President Moon Jae-in said Friday.
Moon Chung-in, special foreign policy and security adviser, made the remarks during a virtual seminar, stressing that it is very unlikely the tensions between Washington and Beijing will get any better under the next U.S. administration of Joe Biden.
“The Biden administration will be using a softer tone, but the policy will be as tough as Trump’s. There will be a tougher American encirclement of China, although he might be more selective in terms of technology and economy,” he said in the seminar hosted by the Korean Association for Public Diplomacy.
“That will put us in an extremely difficult position. It will restore the old ‘bloc diplomacy’ … in the form of a new Cold War,” he said.
Moon added that a worsening of U.S.-China tensions will make it difficult to resolve the North Korea issue peacefully.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but the Cold War era strategy worked and served South Korea’s national interest very well.
no surprise here…except the commie moon administration is stopping at neutrality….surprised the commie chinese boot lickers don’t float the idea of siding with commie china against the US.
Flyingsword, he has to get the peace treaty first.
flyingsword, neutrality means no bootlicking of anyone (neither China nor the US).
That’s the whole ideal of neutrality.
That means no US troops in South Korea. You have to leave, as you always wanted to.
China Droll is so pathetic… Literally cannot even internet…
Sweden was “neutral” in WW2 because it was cheaper for the Germans to buy their iron ore than just take it like they did the rest of the countries on the Baltic.
Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique were “neutral” during the Rhodesian UDI and Civil War; but they supported the ZAPU/ZANU rebels to maintain large bases for arming and training guerilla fighters.
Cambodia, and Laos were “neutral” during the Vietnam War but allowed the North Vietnamese to move troops and supplies freely.
The US was “neutral” before December 7, 1941 but sent massive amounts of food and other war material to England anyway, even escorting convoys against German submarines.
If you need more examples, open a window to let out the fumes choking your brain and start looking up “neutral” countries like Spain,Turkey, and Argentina.
If your political officer lets you…
And if you think China won’t own Korea if the UN eventually does pull out, you need to cut back on your meds…