From Okinawa’s farmers to the Philippines’ ‘Magnificent 12’, Asia’s peoples have confronted US militarism before – a tradition more urgent now as the New Cold War arrives on their shores.
The US has tried to use economic and military pressure to maintain a dominant position in Asia, but the rise of China and the region’s agenda have made it increasingly difficult.
This dossier looks at how the US-led New Cold War against China is destabilising Northeast Asia, focusing on the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan Strait, and Japan.
Recently, the US, Japan, and South Korea held their first-ever joint aerial drill, a few months after their leaders met at Camp David ‘to inaugurate a new era of trilateral partnership’. Although North Korea is…