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South Korea, the Philippines, and Japan are all closely monitoring European security. While they share many of the challenges that European countries are grappling with, and the two theaters are growing ever closer together, opportunities for deepening defense ties are opening.
Europe is viewed as an important export market for defense manufacturers, a partner for joint development and exercises, and a valued provider of equipment and capacity-building. For European countries and the EU, this opens up new opportunities to diversify their own defense partnerships. As the Europeans are trying to become less dependent on the US and ramp up production at home, Indo-Pacific countries present themselves as natural cooperation partners.
Why do you think they aren’t at risk of ideological stupidity? The richest man in the world is a case study in how the internet can break your brain.
They are at risk of ideological stupidity. I just don’t buy that they are that stupid that they could think that isolation could work.
For starters, how would they get the chip production from Taiwan?
In an alternative universe they plan on maintaining good relations with their allies to attack China to stay the hegemon. To do that they would need their allies to rearm for that war. But how could people be motivated to spend their taxes on many more weapons?
For me, there is only one universe.
You’re thinking about consequences, they aren’t
The billionaires do nothing but think about consequences for their capital. One or two can be careless, but not the majority.