Bongbong is under orders from Washington. The 10 Billion his family stole from the Philippines is in danger of being confiscated by the West. I find it incredible that the Filipinos elected this corrupt family back into power. They can get riled up over a semi submerged coral reef and a wreck, but say nothing about the money stolen from them. 10 billion would build a lot of schools, roads and infrastructure.
It's so refreshing to hear an Australian talk on these issues that doesn't have a brown nose/tongue. Good on him, i hope you bring him back for more discussion
That is a fascinating angle on the actions of China around Taiwan. What would the US do if China put a cordon around Taiwan and made the legitimate claim that it is protecting its sovereign territory from external forces? The supply lines and trade could remain open to mainland China and all other shipping with the exception of US military vessels. Also air traffic could be permitted to fly in and out, just not US military aircraft. By making no attempt to forcefully invade the island and diplomacy through the United Nations getting the global south to understand the actions, it would force the US to either stay away, or appear to be the aggressor if it attacked, a position the US tries to avoid, as it always wants to project itself as riding the moral high horse. The collective West would surely seethe and grind its teeth over that move.
China has put enormes efforts in the BRICs and global south unification, even defensive measures like you describe can put strain on that effort and BRICs. I don't think that the current PRC leadership will do more than protest the US meddling in the unsolved Taiwan-PRC conflict.
@@vgstbTaiwan is a very bright red line. It will take priority over all the rest. With 1.4 billion Chinese and a powerful military that is not deployed around the globe, I doubt if putting a cordon around Taiwan prevent US weapon deliveries and base building will be such a huge issue.
@@aroonsubway2079 Yes but its like Brisbane calling itself the Republic Of Australia. First of all its not true second of all nobody cares except the US media warhounds.
Thank you, Pascal, for this very informative interview with Warwick Powell who sheds light on a topic (what's going on inside East Asia) minimally addressed on most information sites, and certainly not in any detail.
Ashamed to say, I hadn't heard of Warwick before, but will look out for this intelligent and insightful guy in future...Australians should be proud and listen to him. In fact all of us in the West should.
Wonderful! I see two persons using their abilities to percieve what is going on in the world as correctly as possible, and who use their intelligence in search for peaceful solutions to conflicts.
Reslly valuable discussion. And for me as Auatralian, great to hear one of us speaking with such confident assessment of East Asia.relations without the anti China bias.
As a long time observer of American international behaviour, I’m surprised at Professor Powell’s surprise about US irrationality. In my 70+ years I don’t remember very many instances of rationality in my lifetime. Au contraire. American politicians who exhibit any rationality are generally selected out of the political sphere.
Great guest. Iinformative and analytical. Also I never heard of or at least didn't know about "salami slicing" or "salami slicing tactics", but I know now. So thank you for that too.
Re China-Taipei, It was good to hear Warwick's view that "locally instigated conflict is unlikely". 🤔 But what about US instigated - fomenting local conflicts is a US super power.
Yes, "ned" is alive & well in Taiwan. The people must be getting wise to it by now. All it really takes is for the people not to follow the divisive narrative. Apparently, a majority have done so.
@@johnsmith1474AIPAC brags that US candidates they backed won over 95% of elections. Rothschilds, who kick starred Israel and have funded both sides of wars for centuries is profiting off of the needless war in Ukraine with multiple revenue streams. Larry Fink’s BlackRock is buying up Ukrainian farmland. BlackRock is invested in weapons manufacturing. BlackRock is invested in healthcare, which implicates them in the organ theft scandal profiting from wounded Ukrainian soldiers. BlackRock has more than $260 billion sunk into fossil fuels, and profited from interrupting the established flow of Russian gas to Europe, one aim of the US sponsored 2014 coup in Kiev. Besides, it’s what Israel wants and that’s who is represented by those continuing to appropriate money and weapons for Zekensky. It’s got zero to do with democracy. Senator Lindsey Graham a few days ago said Ukraine sits on $13 trillion in mineral wealth and Graham seeks to block Russia and China from accessing it so he favors turning the Ukraine into a meat grinder for soldiers.
TQ Gentlemen. Very Few do discuss such and both of you are very admirable. Enlightening at the very least, kindly do continue to share your opinions. Much appreciated guys. TQ.
0:00: 🌏 Japan's strategic militarization in response to American weakness and postwar constraints, explored in recent trilateral summit. 4:43: ⚖ Challenges in achieving stability in West Asia amid conflicting interests and approaches. 9:48: 🌍 Shift in global power dynamics as traditional alliances crumble, leading to new diplomatic efforts in East Asia. 14:54: 🤝 Surprising trilateral summit in East Asia leads to positive outcome document emphasizing engagement and economic ties. 19:18: 🌏 Economic opportunities in East Asia emerging from Japanese-Russian gas deals and interconnections in the region. 23:53: 🌏 The importance of peace in East Asia for economic development and stability, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula. 29:06: ⚖ Promoting peace and trade agreements while addressing financial system progress in East Asia. 33:58: 🌏 Delicate balance between PRC and ROC in East Asia with US military presence in Kinmen 38:58: ⚖ The delicate balance of power in East Asia is being disrupted by the US through gradual undermining of the status quo in the Taiwan-China conflict. Recapped using Tammy AI
Japan should first begin by making amends, building bridges and apologizing to China in the hope of repairing the damage done 80 years ago. They committed some terrible atrocities against China and Chinese people and while China isn't an outwardly aggressive nation, Japan will always be on thin ice building armies anywhere near them until they heal those wounds. If Japan ever had the sincere desire to do that and build a friendship with true regret for it, they would probably find China is very forgiving and at least willing to look to healthy relationships rather than bad ones. Japan seems to be taking the Western line and that doesn't seem wise at all considering the crimes they committed against China and the way Chinese people feel about them.
Recent elections in Japan have ended the LDP stranglehold on politics. This new Prime Mnister and a new coalition including the left and progressives offer hope for Japan to start to regain some sovereignty from American hegemony as a vassal state.
As someone who has spent time in Japan and is married to a Japanese I simply do not see Japan being able to recruit and retain the required number of soldiers, sailors and marines. JSDF simply is not respected by the Japanese public.
@deanzazzr that sounds good , because that was the opposite to the build up of world war 2 in japan, they respected the empire and military with no questions asked.
Despite what Japan did in SE Asia during WW2, Japan today generally has a very good reputation in the global south, and SK as well. Of the "rich countries" who promised economic assistance to poor countries at the UN, Japan is consistently the only one who actually do fulfil pledges. They also actually do form academic and other partnerships that attempt to be fair to the partner countries rather than treat it as a means of profiteering. So I wouldn't be surprised if Japan has friends in the background who try to sit them down and persuade them to find ways not to go down with the western ship. And perhaps, not having a Eurocentric worldview at the fundamental level, perhaps they could still be persuadable to see the pragmatic Asian arguments to abandon foolish self aggrandisement and embrace just being one of the many as being perfectly respectable and even more profitable.
Their war criminals and associates are still very much in de facto power. Hope the younger generation will take over soon and pivot to peace and mutual prosperity by rejecting American warmongers.
Don't treat China as the enemy. Cooperate to switch to renewable energy asap because that's the plan to secure Humanity's future on earth. The less the US is economically/politically/geopolitically enabled, the better the chance of world peace. Japan and Germany could play a major role.
Good to hear more details of the trilateral summit and other recent regional meetings. I agree these topics are under treated in the US controlled (collective) West. WP's assessment that USA and its subsequent "western" followers move to "kinetic first" is bourne out by our experience of USA actions in the western pacific. WP is not alone in his observation of Japan's re-militarization.
Agree totally that the locally instigated conflict will be negligible. However, the problem now is the persistent foreign interference and foreign instigated conflict that is of a major concern. i.e from the USA and its allies.
The recent tri-lateral agreement among China/South Korea/Japan may sound good and hopeful. However, my fear is what if Japan "says one thing, and do another thing"?? After all, Japan has been conjoined to the US for 70+ years and can't help but ape its dominant partner's behaviour, i.e. 说一道，做一道.
The idea that American is civilised is misplaced, it is in fact uncivil. The Americans have not been capable of transcending the “ Wild West “ mentality of “ quick on the draw, shoot from the hip, hang em high”. While this was once effective for the Americans , peoples and country’s are able and capable of confronting this destructive and useless approach. Americas very existence as an entity depends on a constructive reassessment of its place in the world.
There is an idiomatic expression which defines Japan’s foreign policy since 79 years : Happō Bijin 八方美人. It literally means a woman who composes herself to appear beautiful from all angles. It is doubtful whether the LDP truly wants to undo Japan’s shackles. Japanese millennials have been brought up to be handsome Koï’s happy to be swimming within the boundaries of their comfortable pond.
@@PhiloSurfer Something went very wrong with English orthography at some point and 99% of native English speakers don't even see the problem. It's an even bigger self-delusion than Western foreign policy
Pascal you don't seem to realise how dark it is in Asia. I lived in Japan for a few years. Speak Japanese and did business with them for even longer. Personally I don't hate them and wish them good luck but their future doesn't look good. In a nutshell, east Asia is full of US puppets. You will realise when the time comes. It's even worse than current Ukraine situation. Japan for sure is #1. The difference between Japan and Ukraine, that Japan committed much worse crimes than Nazis and THEY ARE NOT SORRY. And they want to do it again, a "rematch" with China. Sounds insane doesn't it? So did people think the same about Ukraine. Funnily enough, if there's anyone that can save Japan from being turned into glass, it will be Chinese leadership, if they are wise and lucky enough. Taiwan is a total joke.
Hi Japanese here. Thank you for studying our language I do appreciate it But it’s only your opinion and I disagree with most of your points. Maybe your Japanese friends happens to be far right. But what you said doesn’t represent majority of the Japanese. Where did get the information that the Japanese were worse than Nazi military? On internet? I noticed nowadays many internet guys started saying that. I know from my parents stories that most civilians were only trying to survive and that itself was very tough let alone committing war crimes like Nazi did. They had no clue what some military special units were doing. You can’t expect young Japanese to feel responsibility for crimes of imperial military forces 80 years ago.
@@mizoguchiayuka218 like I said, I don't hate Japanese. In fact many of my Japanese friends are very good persons. But that doesn't mean the country doesn't have problems. The more I learn about the culture and history, the more dreadful the dark side looks to me. Underneath, Japan is cruel, cold blooded, violent. But on the surface, a carefully crafted mask is well maintained. That is, again,not to say the individuals are so. But history has proven time and again how insignificant individuals are at critical moments. Average Japanese are so used to submitting to their superiors, covering and lying for them. Many phrases Japanese use everyday are actually quite telling. Such as "pre war regime". Think about it, just short of shouting "we can't wait for next war". Though in English it is said forgiveness doesn't come with a debt, I sincerely believe all of us should be given a chance to throw away the baggages, bloody memories from grandfathers and great grandfathers, and call each other brothers. However, that must come after basic honesty. Not with a government tirelessly, constantly white wash the class A war criminals as "brave souls" or "national heroes". There are plenty of street interviews in Japan to ask young Japanese what Japan did in WWII. Most have very little idea. Many think Japan was victim. The fact that you don't feel sorry, isn't it quite something? And I am afraid increasingly it is Japan that can't let it go all along. After all, Japan has never redeemed itself. I just hope you won't find so much blood in your future as in the past with the likes of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi. Funnily enough, almost all famous figures in Japanese history are war lords. Sometimes the right wingers are actually quite honest. Like Ishihara Shintaro said, Japan is just a lapdog of the US. Yes, in his eyes Japan did no wrong. Because the world has always been a jungle. And Japan was simply being good pawn of the Anglo empires from Meiji to WWII. The same jungle order Blinken reaffirmed not very long ago. The question is do you think it is right or wrong? And what are you willing to pay for your belief, or the lack of?
@mizoguchiayuka218 read about : nanjing massacre, comfort women, unit 731, bataan death march, sook ching massacre , the list goes on about Japan's inhumane deeds of the past; then ask yourself if they were worse than the Nazis.
The problem of the West is centuries in the making. There is a split brain phenomenon going on - please take note of Iain McGilchrist’s work. We, in the West have bred generations of left brain dominated decision makers, encouraged by the misperception of the superiority of numbers. Intuition and imagination are not valued. Hence, the mentality of kinetic first logic. Prof Warwick Powell represents an integrated brain. Unfortunately, there are very few like him around.
Well, you are gonna underestimate Japanese balls. Japan now just trys to be humble and soft, but behind the scene Japan carefully prepares to regain its sovereignty one or another, such as seizing every opportunity or excuse to improve its military capacity. Another obvious thing is that Japan trys inducing a direct fight between the US and China
On the surface, Japan now just trys to be humble and peaceful, but behind the scene Japan carefully prepares to regain its sovereignty one way or another by seizing every opportunity or excuse to prop up its military capacity step by step. Another obvious thing is that Japan trys inducing a direct fight between the US and China
One thing that really confused me in the closing bit, was the narrowly defined opinion that internally ignited open conflict is very unlikely... Well, obviously people don't usually look forward to risk their lives, for the questionable opportunity to shoot each other. Obviously Ukrainians had only one generation of time, between being one people with Russians and what that turned into since at least Maidan overthrow. My question is, what would US gain by not instigating such a conflict and giving up Taiwan peacefully? I don't see why Americans would not burn it to the ground on their way out.
Things would be different if Shinzo Abe were governining. Ohh he was assasinated by a man of Okinawa! the present Prime Minister doesn't has what he has to have.......
The western countries are all occupied colonies of the USA and the politicians in Europe and in other countries are depending on the US. Since decades the US has started wars all over the world and all in the name of US interests and security which interests is first. The interests are the economy which is mainly driven by the weapons industry and therefore wars are essential!
I wish Russia, China, Japan, 2 Korea, and Mongolia develop a regional strong alliance without wokeness and hypocrisy. We dont have no strong reason picking sides among America, China, Russia, etc. Since the Iragi war, America basically lost its common sense and narratives. Russia and China are acting like reasonable adults with leaders like Putin and Xi.
I'm really surprised at Pascal's understanding of the Taiwan-China. He describes it as what the problem is for the West: how should we think about China and Taiwan. That is a diplomatic challenge for other countries which have no bearing on the conflict which took shape in early 20thc. If you want to understand the conflict, you need to see it from the perspectives of the two parties involved. For China , it is an unfinished Civil war which van only end with unification. For Taiwan independence advocates, it is an unfinished civil which ends with Taiwan independence. To maintain status quo is to maintain or to ignore it. In both cases you are simply signoring the existential concerns of the parties involved. In that case you shouldn't have a seat at the table.
Well, you see, the status-quo has produced a peaceful, or at least non-violent, reality in which both sides exist side-by-side and do so in a much more prosperous way than North and South Korea. The status-quo works-at least for now. And it's really important to note that you also have other opinions inside Taiwan, not just the independence advocates. You also have those people who agree with reunification, and you have a the largest group which actually favours the status-quo since that one is "save" (again, at least for now). The question to me really is how to transform the current peaceful status quo which is more and more unstable (for various internal and external reasons) into another status quo that can last another couple of decades in the hope that another non-violent solution to the conflict will emerge in the future.....
He's correct. America has three global lieutenants around the world. In Europe it's UK. In Middle East it's Israel. In Asia it's Japan. But America is also smart and cunning enough to have a backup plan in there, So In Europe it's backup is Germany. In Middle East it's backup is Qatar. In Asia it's backup is South Korea. The job of the British Army is to protect British borders instead they guard oil fields in Iraq for American intrests. America has had the same policies Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is very little difference between 1) George Bush sr and Bill Clinton 2) George Bush jr and Barack Obama 3) Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Regular follower of the show is which I enjoy although I do think most interviews would benefit from more focussed and condensed questions. Often they are a bit rambling and move the show more towards a dialogue. If these are interviews then greater control would benefit the coherence and quality
You answered your own question. The fact you can't move to China should tell you something. China is ultimately a homogeneous culture run by the Han supermajority that not only broaches no political dissent but no cultural dissent If you hate diversity, China is amazing.
The mental sickness of the collective west comes down to a spiritual darkness that goes unrecognized as such by those most affected. It’s God and the Holy Spirit that must illuminate the mind. So, do our benighted leaders have a corner in their consciousness for God?
Hope that Arab government open their eyes to see the US gave cover for their allies in violating Human right that US champions.. haha. We hv a Big Nasty wolf in sheep skin.
Japan’s military falls under control of a US general. The Japanese Prime Minister’s authority is superseded in Japan by a US general that reports to the Secretary of Defense and the US president. This is how it actually works 😂
What a surgical analysis. I hope some Filipinos will listen to this. The Philippines is not learning from Ukraine.
the pinoy are easily lulled by hollywood blockbuster movies..
Balcanisation of the Philippines are on the US agenda.
Starting another proxywar is getting traction within the Biden administration.
Bongbong is under orders from Washington. The 10 Billion his family stole from the Philippines is in danger of being confiscated by the West.
I find it incredible that the Filipinos elected this corrupt family back into power. They can get riled up over a semi submerged coral reef and a wreck, but say nothing about the money stolen from them. 10 billion would build a lot of schools, roads and infrastructure.
@@cashmerecat9269 Nah. Bong Bong needs to obey Uncle Sam, otherwise his daddy's ill gotten billions will remain frozen.
actually Colonial master never return PH to them.
Colonial master setup "those families" as proxy to continue rule PH .
Sad....
It's so refreshing to hear an Australian talk on these issues that doesn't have a brown nose/tongue.
Good on him, i hope you bring him back for more discussion
Exactly
Australia has submitted to Jewish-American idealism against China and Russian pragmatism.
Australia has submitted to American idealism against China and Russian pragmatism
@@ivoperic3992 yet China accounts for about 4x the amount of trade compared to the US.
Probably due to the fact that he is of Chinese ethnicity.
That is a fascinating angle on the actions of China around Taiwan.
What would the US do if China put a cordon around Taiwan and made the legitimate claim that it is protecting its sovereign territory from external forces?
The supply lines and trade could remain open to mainland China and all other shipping with the exception of US military vessels. Also air traffic could be permitted to fly in and out, just not US military aircraft.
By making no attempt to forcefully invade the island and diplomacy through the United Nations getting the global south to understand the actions, it would force the US to either stay away, or appear to be the aggressor if it attacked, a position the US tries to avoid, as it always wants to project itself as riding the moral high horse.
The collective West would surely seethe and grind its teeth over that move.
Taiwan's offical name is Republic of China (RoC), according to its own constitution.
China has put enormes efforts in the BRICs and global south unification, even defensive measures like you describe can put strain on that effort and BRICs. I don't think that the current PRC leadership will do more than protest the US meddling in the unsolved Taiwan-PRC conflict.
@@vgstbTaiwan is a very bright red line. It will take priority over all the rest.
With 1.4 billion Chinese and a powerful military that is not deployed around the globe, I doubt if putting a cordon around Taiwan prevent US weapon deliveries and base building will be such a huge issue.
@@aroonsubway2079 Yes but its like Brisbane calling itself the Republic Of Australia. First of all its not true second of all nobody cares except the US media warhounds.
@fastpistonxi completely agree with you but try and convince the elites in america and taiwan.
Thank you, Pascal, for this very informative interview with Warwick Powell who sheds light on a topic (what's going on inside East Asia) minimally addressed on most information sites, and certainly not in any detail.
Warwick Powell is a GEM Thanks Pascal inviting an intelligent, thoughtful, objective & brilliantly articulated honest individual 👌👏❤️
Wow. Thank you Pascal for inviting Professor Warwick Powell.
What a great guest ... an accent and voice I can identify with.
Thanks Pascal inviting an awesome & intelligent Professor👌👍 always objective & brilliantly articulated 👌👍proud he’s Australian 👍
Ahhh... a reasonable person! How refreshing. Thanks, Pascal. Warwick is a gem.
Ashamed to say, I hadn't heard of Warwick before, but will look out for this intelligent and insightful guy in future...Australians should be proud and listen to him. In fact all of us in the West should.
It took Douglas MacArthur just one week to draft the Japanese Constitution, which the Japanese still use till today. That's quite baffling!
Well the Constitution of Germany took 2 weeks. One can see, why they start to fail.
Wonderful! I see two persons using their abilities to percieve what is going on in the world as correctly as possible, and who use their intelligence in search for peaceful solutions to conflicts.
Reslly valuable discussion. And for me as Auatralian, great to hear one of us speaking with such confident assessment of East Asia.relations without the anti China bias.
Great detailed, introspective discussion!
Maybe the Japanese don't want to go down with western heagemony. They probably see the writing on the wall.😂
Yes, after seeing Russia pulling out all those nukes, they re getting second thoughts about joining the Yankee posse
@africanchild825 Japan will go with whoever is more popular , just like school children 😂.
@@greendragonspirit1646 🤣🤣🤣
Prolific output from this channel
one of the best geopolitics channels
Thank you Warwick Powell! Thank you Pascal! More Warwick! Reasons for hope. Pascal's smile is wonderful to behold.
As a long time observer of American international behaviour, I’m surprised at Professor Powell’s surprise about US irrationality. In my 70+ years I don’t remember very many instances of rationality in my lifetime. Au contraire. American politicians who exhibit any rationality are generally selected out of the political sphere.
Great guest. Iinformative and analytical.
Also I never heard of or at least didn't know about "salami slicing" or "salami slicing tactics", but I know now. So thank you for that too.
Re China-Taipei, It was good to hear Warwick's view that "locally instigated conflict is unlikely". 🤔 But what about US instigated - fomenting local conflicts is a US super power.
Yes, "ned" is alive & well in Taiwan. The people must be getting wise to it by now. All it really takes is for the people not to follow the divisive narrative. Apparently, a majority have done so.
Great interview
Warwick Powell and others like him give Australians reason to believe in a better future, free of U.S. dominance.
Who benefits from military conflicts? Who has influence on decision making in the west. The intersection of those two things is your answer
Two poorly written questions ie extremely vague, as yours is, clarifies nothing. "Intersection of those two things" is D- comp.
@@johnsmith1474AIPAC brags that US candidates they backed won over 95% of elections. Rothschilds, who kick starred Israel and have funded both sides of wars for centuries is profiting off of the needless war in Ukraine with multiple revenue streams. Larry Fink’s BlackRock is buying up Ukrainian farmland. BlackRock is invested in weapons manufacturing. BlackRock is invested in healthcare, which implicates them in the organ theft scandal profiting from wounded Ukrainian soldiers. BlackRock has more than $260 billion sunk into fossil fuels, and profited from interrupting the established flow of Russian gas to Europe, one aim of the US sponsored 2014 coup in Kiev. Besides, it’s what Israel wants and that’s who is represented by those continuing to appropriate money and weapons for Zekensky. It’s got zero to do with democracy. Senator Lindsey Graham a few days ago said Ukraine sits on $13 trillion in mineral wealth and Graham seeks to block Russia and China from accessing it so he favors turning the Ukraine into a meat grinder for soldiers.
@@johnsmith1474 Hi Johnny, acting obtuse and playing dumb again? You silly LLM CIA chatbot.
@@johnsmith1474 everyone else seemed to understand
Great discussion. 👍
TQ Gentlemen. Very Few do discuss such and both of you are very admirable.
Enlightening at the very least, kindly do continue to share your opinions. Much appreciated guys. TQ.
0:00: 🌏 Japan's strategic militarization in response to American weakness and postwar constraints, explored in recent trilateral summit.
4:43: ⚖ Challenges in achieving stability in West Asia amid conflicting interests and approaches.
9:48: 🌍 Shift in global power dynamics as traditional alliances crumble, leading to new diplomatic efforts in East Asia.
14:54: 🤝 Surprising trilateral summit in East Asia leads to positive outcome document emphasizing engagement and economic ties.
19:18: 🌏 Economic opportunities in East Asia emerging from Japanese-Russian gas deals and interconnections in the region.
23:53: 🌏 The importance of peace in East Asia for economic development and stability, with a focus on the Korean Peninsula.
29:06: ⚖ Promoting peace and trade agreements while addressing financial system progress in East Asia.
33:58: 🌏 Delicate balance between PRC and ROC in East Asia with US military presence in Kinmen
38:58: ⚖ The delicate balance of power in East Asia is being disrupted by the US through gradual undermining of the status quo in the Taiwan-China conflict.
Recapped using Tammy AI
I'm glad there's more positivity regarding peace across the Taiwan strait.
Thanks guys something positive for a change.
Great talk thankyou
If you think Turkey joining BRICS is huge, wait till Japan announces.
Would brics accept Japan , given Japan's past atrocities to china?
Intriguing possibility.
That would be amazing.Japanese must be forgiven.We Brits did terrible things,and if our former victims forgave us,BRICS would save our self respect.
😂😂that would be insanity
Not very likely, as long as US poodle Liberal Democratic Party remains in power.
Japan should first begin by making amends, building bridges and apologizing to China in the hope of repairing the damage done 80 years ago. They committed some terrible atrocities against China and Chinese people and while China isn't an outwardly aggressive nation, Japan will always be on thin ice building armies anywhere near them until they heal those wounds. If Japan ever had the sincere desire to do that and build a friendship with true regret for it, they would probably find China is very forgiving and at least willing to look to healthy relationships rather than bad ones. Japan seems to be taking the Western line and that doesn't seem wise at all considering the crimes they committed against China and the way Chinese people feel about them.
Recent elections in Japan have ended the LDP stranglehold on politics. This new Prime Mnister and a new coalition including the left and progressives offer hope for Japan to start to regain some sovereignty from American hegemony as a vassal state.
The countries and nations need respect and dialogue, not inhuman sanctions, racism and bullying coming from the collective West.
Thanks Pascal inviting an awesome & intelligent Professor👌👍 always objective & brilliantly articulated 👌👍proud he’s Australian 👍Warwick Powell is patently Australian Gem
As someone who has spent time in Japan and is married to a Japanese I simply do not see Japan being able to recruit and retain the required number of soldiers, sailors and marines. JSDF simply is not respected by the Japanese public.
Interesting observation, thank you for sharing.
They could recruit the oldies. Japan has a lot and they need some physical activity and a new purpose in life.
90 years olds?
@deanzazzr that sounds good , because that was the opposite to the build up of world war 2 in japan, they respected the empire and military with no questions asked.
Propaganda works! Give the media some time.
Despite what Japan did in SE Asia during WW2, Japan today generally has a very good reputation in the global south, and SK as well. Of the "rich countries" who promised economic assistance to poor countries at the UN, Japan is consistently the only one who actually do fulfil pledges. They also actually do form academic and other partnerships that attempt to be fair to the partner countries rather than treat it as a means of profiteering. So I wouldn't be surprised if Japan has friends in the background who try to sit them down and persuade them to find ways not to go down with the western ship. And perhaps, not having a Eurocentric worldview at the fundamental level, perhaps they could still be persuadable to see the pragmatic Asian arguments to abandon foolish self aggrandisement and embrace just being one of the many as being perfectly respectable and even more profitable.
Their war criminals and associates are still very much in de facto power. Hope the younger generation will take over soon and pivot to peace and mutual prosperity by rejecting American warmongers.
Brilliant discussion
Warwick please breed and create some intelligent Australians
The biggest problem Japan has, is it has to import its oil, the US cutting them off of oil, is what to led to the Pearl harbor attack
I think that was the intention.
Japan and Germany both can prosper on Russian oil and gas, and that is the only reason for all these wars.
Everthing else is just warpropaganda.
🤔 hmmmm you might have a point there. I will look into it.
Don't treat China as the enemy. Cooperate to switch to renewable energy asap because that's the plan to secure Humanity's future on earth. The less the US is economically/politically/geopolitically enabled, the better the chance of world peace. Japan and Germany could play a major role.
Day of Deceit: The Truth Behind FDR and Pearl Harbor by Robert Stinett
Excellent. Enjoying the expertise on both East Asia and Central Europe. Both are relatively unavailable in English.
Great work guys!!
Good to hear more details of the trilateral summit and other recent regional meetings. I agree these topics are under treated in the US controlled (collective) West.
WP's assessment that USA and its subsequent "western" followers move to "kinetic first" is bourne out by our experience of USA actions in the western pacific.
WP is not alone in his observation of Japan's re-militarization.
Agree totally that the locally instigated conflict will be negligible. However, the problem now is the persistent foreign interference and foreign instigated conflict that is of a major concern. i.e from the USA and its allies.
Brics for Australia 🇦🇺 Go Away USA.
That would be rational, but Aussies are far too racist for it.
USA ought to join BRICS too, after purging the globalists who have usurped our constitution. 🇺🇸
@@meeveebee It is because the US is still very powerful. Give it another 5 to 10 years and in the meantime, do nothing to make more enemies.
Clever man
Japan's best bet to gain its own sovereignty is to work closely with China, this goes the same for SK.
Excellent report
The recent tri-lateral agreement among China/South Korea/Japan may sound good and hopeful. However, my fear is what if Japan "says one thing, and do another thing"?? After all, Japan has been conjoined to the US for 70+ years and can't help but ape its dominant partner's behaviour, i.e. 说一道，做一道.
Thanjs,Pascal!
The idea that American is civilised is misplaced, it is in fact uncivil. The Americans have not been capable of transcending the “ Wild West “ mentality of “ quick on the draw, shoot from the hip, hang em high”. While this was once effective for the Americans , peoples and country’s are able and capable of confronting this destructive and useless approach. Americas very existence as an entity depends on a constructive reassessment of its place in the world.
There is an idiomatic expression which defines Japan’s foreign policy since 79 years : Happō Bijin 八方美人. It literally means a woman who composes herself to appear beautiful from all angles. It is doubtful whether the LDP truly wants to undo Japan’s shackles. Japanese millennials have been brought up to be handsome Koï’s happy to be swimming within the boundaries of their comfortable pond.
Btw, the second "w" in Warwick is silent!
Very British way of pronunciation.
@@PhiloSurfer Something went very wrong with English orthography at some point and 99% of native English speakers don't even see the problem. It's an even bigger self-delusion than Western foreign policy
You're thinking sensibly. When you get to 35T national debt you see hyperinflation approaching. You need a war economy to dispose of debts.
When talking about Tw, don't forget about the ropes binding the island placed by The Outsiders like pictured in Gulliver's Travels.
My god that is poor.
Very interesting
What about Indonesia.
A militairy and economic powerhouse few realize.
They are keeping a low profile and smart of them, they can keep building up their strenght and maybe marry Malaisia
@@tigersilberhannes9153 They should leave Timor first. They have a lot to fix for Timor.
Pascal you don't seem to realise how dark it is in Asia.
I lived in Japan for a few years. Speak Japanese and did business with them for even longer. Personally I don't hate them and wish them good luck but their future doesn't look good.
In a nutshell, east Asia is full of US puppets. You will realise when the time comes. It's even worse than current Ukraine situation. Japan for sure is #1.
The difference between Japan and Ukraine, that Japan committed much worse crimes than Nazis and THEY ARE NOT SORRY. And they want to do it again, a "rematch" with China.
Sounds insane doesn't it? So did people think the same about Ukraine. Funnily enough, if there's anyone that can save Japan from being turned into glass, it will be Chinese leadership, if they are wise and lucky enough.
Taiwan is a total joke.
Sir, you sound very wise. May I know your ethnicity?
Mostly true. S Korea and Japan are not same and must be treated differently.
I also think Pascal not quite understand the subtle issue
Hi Japanese here. Thank you for studying our language I do appreciate it
But it’s only your opinion and I disagree with most of your points.
Maybe your Japanese friends happens to be far right. But what you said doesn’t represent majority of the Japanese.
Where did get the information that the Japanese were worse than Nazi military? On internet?
I noticed nowadays many internet guys started saying that.
I know from my parents stories that most civilians were only trying to survive and that itself was very tough let alone committing war crimes like Nazi did. They had no clue what some military special units were doing.
You can’t expect young Japanese to feel responsibility for crimes of imperial military forces 80 years ago.
@@mizoguchiayuka218 like I said, I don't hate Japanese. In fact many of my Japanese friends are very good persons. But that doesn't mean the country doesn't have problems.
The more I learn about the culture and history, the more dreadful the dark side looks to me. Underneath, Japan is cruel, cold blooded, violent. But on the surface, a carefully crafted mask is well maintained.
That is, again,not to say the individuals are so. But history has proven time and again how insignificant individuals are at critical moments. Average Japanese are so used to submitting to their superiors, covering and lying for them.
Many phrases Japanese use everyday are actually quite telling. Such as "pre war regime". Think about it, just short of shouting "we can't wait for next war".
Though in English it is said forgiveness doesn't come with a debt, I sincerely believe all of us should be given a chance to throw away the baggages, bloody memories from grandfathers and great grandfathers, and call each other brothers. However, that must come after basic honesty. Not with a government tirelessly, constantly white wash the class A war criminals as "brave souls" or "national heroes". There are plenty of street interviews in Japan to ask young Japanese what Japan did in WWII. Most have very little idea. Many think Japan was victim. The fact that you don't feel sorry, isn't it quite something?
And I am afraid increasingly it is Japan that can't let it go all along. After all, Japan has never redeemed itself. I just hope you won't find so much blood in your future as in the past with the likes of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi. Funnily enough, almost all famous figures in Japanese history are war lords.
Sometimes the right wingers are actually quite honest. Like Ishihara Shintaro said, Japan is just a lapdog of the US. Yes, in his eyes Japan did no wrong. Because the world has always been a jungle. And Japan was simply being good pawn of the Anglo empires from Meiji to WWII. The same jungle order Blinken reaffirmed not very long ago. The question is do you think it is right or wrong? And what are you willing to pay for your belief, or the lack of?
@mizoguchiayuka218 read about : nanjing massacre, comfort women, unit 731, bataan death march, sook ching massacre , the list goes on about Japan's inhumane deeds of the past; then ask yourself if they were worse than the Nazis.
Crazy Japanese I for one will NEVER EVER talk to anyone that has nuked me or my country
I hope he's right
13:53 ❤
Breaking free to serve US with its last breath.
Interesting man!
The problem of the West is centuries in the making. There is a split brain phenomenon going on - please take note of Iain McGilchrist’s work. We, in the West have bred generations of left brain dominated decision makers, encouraged by the misperception of the superiority of numbers. Intuition and imagination are not valued. Hence, the mentality of kinetic first logic. Prof Warwick Powell represents an integrated brain. Unfortunately, there are very few like him around.
McGilchrist is a genius whose deep thinking has revealed so much about an enormous range of issues that are seemingly unrelated to the “brain”.
Japan have no balls...
How to have when one's totally castrated? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Rice 🍚 balls 😂?
Well, you are gonna underestimate Japanese balls. Japan now just trys to be humble and soft, but behind the scene Japan carefully prepares to regain its sovereignty one or another, such as seizing every opportunity or excuse to improve its military capacity. Another obvious thing is that Japan trys inducing a direct fight between the US and China
The overarching problem is the US IS UNDER THE STRANGLE HOLD OF A GREAT PYTHON OF EXCEPTIONALISM
On the surface, Japan now just trys to be humble and peaceful, but behind the scene Japan carefully prepares to regain its sovereignty one way or another by seizing every opportunity or excuse to prop up its military capacity step by step. Another obvious thing is that Japan trys inducing a direct fight between the US and China
One thing that really confused me in the closing bit, was the narrowly defined opinion that internally ignited open conflict is very unlikely...
Well, obviously people don't usually look forward to risk their lives, for the questionable opportunity to shoot each other.
Obviously Ukrainians had only one generation of time, between being one people with Russians and what that turned into since at least Maidan overthrow.
My question is, what would US gain by not instigating such a conflict and giving up Taiwan peacefully? I don't see why Americans would not burn it to the ground on their way out.
Smart orientals, they learn from history, they learn from reality
The Zaibatsu still hold the reign there no different then past age barons, they just lack the shogun,
As long as uk is dirt bottom, all is good
Things would be different if Shinzo Abe were governining. Ohh he was assasinated by a man of Okinawa! the present Prime Minister doesn't has what he has to have.......
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Warwick Powell is the 7th 8th person to report irrationality on the part of "collective west".
This has to be anticipated.
The western countries are all occupied colonies of the USA and the politicians in Europe and in other countries are depending on the US. Since decades the US has started wars all over the world and all in the name of US interests and security which interests is first. The interests are the economy which is mainly driven by the weapons industry and therefore wars are essential!
What a great intellctual Australia 🇦🇺 is blessed with!
YELLOW PERIL!
Please remember the problem of never ending discussions that have gone no where.
Happened with Ukraine, but will not happen here.
How can you have a guy on who has 'War' and 'Pow' in his name? ;-)
Groan.
Stupid.
Slow child indeed.
By someone who has too much "gin" in his name?
@@PhiloSurfer Close. It was bourbon.
Japan is still an occupied country by the JUSA since 1945.
Irrationality and hope.
Both are in short supply. No need to keep holding your breath.
I wish Russia, China, Japan, 2 Korea, and Mongolia develop a regional strong alliance without wokeness and hypocrisy. We dont have no strong reason picking sides among America, China, Russia, etc. Since the Iragi war, America basically lost its common sense and narratives. Russia and China are acting like reasonable adults with leaders like Putin and Xi.
We the audience are not allowed to participate...why not.?
We are the minions.
Aren't you participating right now?
Yeah, they really want your opinion, Doofus
I'm really surprised at Pascal's understanding of the Taiwan-China. He describes it as what the problem is for the West: how should we think about China and Taiwan. That is a diplomatic challenge for other countries which have no bearing on the conflict which took shape in early 20thc. If you want to understand the conflict, you need to see it from the perspectives of the two parties involved.
For China , it is an unfinished Civil war which van only end with unification. For Taiwan independence advocates, it is an unfinished civil which ends with Taiwan independence.
To maintain status quo is to maintain or to ignore it. In both cases you are simply signoring the existential concerns of the parties involved. In that case you shouldn't have a seat at the table.
Well, you see, the status-quo has produced a peaceful, or at least non-violent, reality in which both sides exist side-by-side and do so in a much more prosperous way than North and South Korea. The status-quo works-at least for now. And it's really important to note that you also have other opinions inside Taiwan, not just the independence advocates. You also have those people who agree with reunification, and you have a the largest group which actually favours the status-quo since that one is "save" (again, at least for now). The question to me really is how to transform the current peaceful status quo which is more and more unstable (for various internal and external reasons) into another status quo that can last another couple of decades in the hope that another non-violent solution to the conflict will emerge in the future.....
It is only uus and eu trying to starve their own population. Others think in wellbeing
Europe also
Could you recommend a good book of Korean culture and society please?
Kimchi book
"How to speak US Engurlishee",
Volume I.
How Aliens get rid of us😮
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Stakeholder is a nonsense WEF term.
He's correct.
America has three global lieutenants around the world.
In Europe it's UK.
In Middle East it's Israel.
In Asia it's Japan.
But America is also smart and cunning enough to have a backup plan in there, So
In Europe it's backup is Germany.
In Middle East it's backup is Qatar.
In Asia it's backup is South Korea.
The job of the British Army is to protect British borders instead they guard oil fields in Iraq for American intrests.
America has had the same policies Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is very little difference between
1) George Bush sr and Bill Clinton
2) George Bush jr and Barack Obama
3) Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Regular follower of the show is which I enjoy although I do think most interviews would benefit from more focussed and condensed questions. Often they are a bit rambling and move the show more towards a dialogue. If these are interviews then greater control would benefit the coherence and quality
Japan is a US occupied territory. It's 'democracy' is for show. Same with Germany with the whole of Europe to a less extent.
China is amazing - it's like stepping into the future. I wish I could move to China.
You answered your own question. The fact you can't move to China should tell you something. China is ultimately a homogeneous culture run by the Han supermajority that not only broaches no political dissent but no cultural dissent If you hate diversity, China is amazing.
Better off moving to Russia. They welcome the skills you bring.
@@robert_g_fbg I did move to Russia 😉
Wah wik... don't ruin "kinetic" , use "🎉militaristic"
militaristic does not always become hot war; kinetic does.
The mental sickness of the collective west comes down to a spiritual darkness that goes unrecognized as such by those most affected. It’s God and the Holy Spirit that must illuminate the mind. So, do our benighted leaders have a corner in their consciousness for God?
Hope that Arab government open their eyes to see the US gave cover for their allies in violating Human right that US champions.. haha. We hv a Big Nasty wolf in sheep skin.
Japan’s military falls under control of a US general. The Japanese Prime Minister’s authority is superseded in Japan by a US general that reports to the Secretary of Defense and the US president. This is how it actually works 😂