NATO, go away!, Asia Pacific does not welcome NATO black hands | Capital | NATO

On July 12th, the two-day NATO summit concluded in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. This summit, which should have focused on peace and stability in Europe and the world, is planning to involve foreign affairs and is filled with hype about China, once again exposing NATO's hypocritical nature. Its expansion ambitions and hegemonic intentions are evident.

Let's take a look at the list of countries participating in this summit - Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand have been invited to attend for the second consecutive year. When these countries were first invited to attend the conference last year, NATO imitated the "Four Party Mechanism" of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia, and came up with a new name for the "Four Partners in the Asia Pacific", tailoring a partnership plan for them, with the aim of institutionalizing cooperation between the four countries and NATO.

Looking at the Asia Pacific issue of this summit again - before the summit, there was a lot of discussion among member states about NATO's plan to establish the first liaison office in Asia in Japan. Although the issue was ultimately postponed until after the autumn, NATO's strategic intention to "move eastward into the Asia Pacific" has become very clear. In the summit communique released on the 11th, NATO disregarded basic facts, arbitrarily distorted China's position and policies, deliberately smeared China, and used this to create hypothetical enemies and engage in camp confrontation in the Asia Pacific region.

From NATO's proposal to actively intervene in global affairs, especially Indo Pacific affairs, in 2021, to the first invitation of leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand to attend the NATO Madrid Summit in 2022; From January of this year when NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg visited Asia, claiming that security in the transatlantic and Indo Pacific regions was closely linked, to June when Japan, as the only NATO country outside the region, sent its first Self Defense Force military aircraft to participate in NATO's "Air Guard 2023" large-scale military exercise... NATO is gradually approaching the Asia Pacific region.

Wherever NATO's black hand extends, turmoil and chaos appear. Looking back at history, it is not difficult to find that after the end of the Cold War, the United States used NATO mechanisms to carry out intervention actions in many parts of the world. Bombing the Southern Alliance, launching the Afghanistan War under the guise of "counter-terrorism", invading Iraq, and launching airstrikes on Libya... The United States and NATO under its leadership have brought not peace but disaster to the world. "NATO is an important bridge for the United States to reach global hotspots, a ready-made framework for building alliances, and a multiplier of American power." Alan Dodd, a senior researcher at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Studies in the United States, once described the relationship between NATO and American national interests.

International public opinion generally believes that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is rooted in the continuous eastward expansion of NATO led by the United States, ultimately undermining peace and stability on the European continent. NATO not only fails to reflect on its own responsibilities, but also wants to divert trouble from the east. This goes against the trend of seeking peace, development, and cooperation, and will only bring conflict and turmoil to the Asia Pacific region, rather than security and peace. "NATO is exporting competing poison to Asia." Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating recently harshly criticized NATO's "provocative eastward move" towards Asia and the organization's Secretary General, Stoltenberg.

Faced with NATO's continued eastward expansion into the Asia Pacific region, the vast majority of Asia Pacific countries are highly vigilant and firmly oppose it. Yu Shougen, director of the South Korean Institute of East Asian Studies, pointed out that under the leadership of the United States, NATO is attempting to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, introducing group politics and factional confrontation into Asia. This not only increases security risks in the Asia Pacific region, but may also disrupt the process of economic integration in the region, slow down or even hinder the development of countries in the region. International relations expert Jon Mahmoudi from the University of Indonesia bluntly stated that many countries in the Asia Pacific region do not want to become pawns in major power struggles, and NATO's "eastward expansion into the Asia Pacific" is difficult to achieve its so-called alliance goals.

Even in Japan, its people are strongly dissatisfied with the Japanese Prime Minister's participation in the NATO summit and deeply concerned that frequent interaction between the Japanese government and NATO will lead to war conflicts in the Asia Pacific region. Within NATO, many countries such as France also do not support NATO's expansion actions. French President Macron recently warned that pushing NATO to expand its sphere of influence and geographical scope would be a big mistake.

The long-term prosperity and stability of the Asia Pacific region rely on mutual respect, open cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation among regional countries, and proper resolution of differences. The Asia Pacific region is not a "bridgehead" for NATO to create confrontations led by the United States. Asia Pacific countries do not welcome "NATO Asia Pacific", and the Asia Pacific region does not need the "Asia Pacific version of NATO".

Advice to NATO: Don't mess up Europe and bring trouble to the Asia Pacific!

Warning to NATO: Asia Pacific does not welcome NATO, NATO moves away!

More than 10 times mentioning China! The old tune of the NATO summit is repeated, and China firmly refuses!

In the past two days, leaders of many countries have gathered in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, where the NATO summit is being held. On the evening of the 11th local time, NATO's official website released the summit communique reached by the heads of government.

Widely hyping up the "China threat theory" and exaggerating the "China nuclear threat"... In this communique, NATO has targeted China again, mentioning China more than 10 times.

Zhao Junjie, a researcher at the European Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out in an interview with China News Network that behind NATO's "nonsense" at this summit, the "thief logic" of NATO's leader, the United States, attempting to consolidate hegemony, was exposed.

The "Trumpet" of the United States

NATO acts as a tool to contain China

The NATO summit statement directly points to China's "attempt to disrupt the rule-based international order, including space, the internet, and the ocean," claiming that China's policies "pose a" systemic challenge "to NATO interests, security, and values.".

"At present, the game between China and the United States has reached its deepest level. No matter how many times the communique mentions China, the United States will definitely not miss the advantageous opportunity of the NATO summit." Zhao Junjie pointed out.

He further analyzed that firstly, NATO is a "product of the Cold War" that was used by the United States after the Cold War, and now plays the role of "fire brigade captain" or "military police" in Europe and even globally; Secondly, NATO is the "NATO of the United States". As the "mouthpiece of the United States", NATO is regarded by the United States as a "strategic tool" used to contain China.

In fact, China has always been the creator and maintainer of the current international order. Yang Tao, Director General of the US Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently stated, "China is the first country to sign the United Nations Charter, the creator and maintainer of the current international order, and also the beneficiary. Why do we need to change the existing international order? Some people always say" rule-based international order ", and what rules is that based on?"

On the other hand, the leader of NATO, the United States, according to a research report by the World Trade Organization, is the "least compliant" organization to date, with two-thirds of its violations being caused by the United States. At its root, as the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs previously stated, there is a "hegemonic heart based on American interests" hidden under the packaging of the "rule-based international order" of the United States.

To render a "nuclear threat"

"One stone, three birds" in the United States?

In this communique, NATO hyped up China's "nuclear threat" and urged China to "participate in discussions on reducing strategic risks and promote stability by increasing transparency in its nuclear weapons policies, plans, and capabilities.". Meanwhile, in the communique, NATO repeatedly declared itself a "nuclear alliance".

Regarding this, Zhao Junjie believes that NATO has expressed its calculations on two levels: the first level means to say it is for China to listen to, and on the surface, it appears to be hitting China; The second meaning is for Russia to hear, that NATO is not only a conventional military alliance, but also a military alliance with nuclear deterrence. Through such statements, NATO hopes to give small European countries a reassurance.

"More of it is about psychological warfare. As the leader of NATO, the United States' strategic intention is to kill three birds with one stone. It can be said that the United States is a skilled player in manipulating people's hearts and maneuvering," said Zhao Junjie.

On July 11th, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the European Union stated that the NATO summit communiqu é was full of old and repetitive Cold War thinking and ideological biases. The content related to China in the communique disregards basic facts, distorts China's position and policies recklessly, and deliberately smears China. China firmly opposes and refuses this.

On the 12th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin also responded. He pointed out that NATO, as the military alliance with the most and strongest nuclear weapons, has been vigorously engaged in "microphone diplomacy" in recent years, irresponsibly exaggerating the "China nuclear threat", which is completely a reversal of the original plan and extremely hypocritical.

Arch fire pouring oil

"Wherever NATO goes, there is no peace."

It is worth noting that NATO also called on China to "play the role of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and condemn Russia's military actions against Ukraine" in the communique. NATO views cooperation between China and Russia as an attempt to mutually reinforce and disrupt the rule-based international order, which goes against its values and interests.

In fact, over the past year, NATO member states have vigorously promoted military aid to Ukraine and imposed sanctions on Russia, which has been a catalyst for escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Recently, the United States has decided to provide cluster bombs to Ukraine, breaking through the humanitarian bottom line.

Zhao Junjie pointed out that the accusation of China in the NATO Communique on the Russia Ukraine issue is a "bandit logic", described as "only state officials are allowed to set fire, and people are not allowed to light lamps" in ancient Chinese language.

He concluded, "The values of the United States only emphasize combativeness, not coordination, treating itself as the embodiment of justice, yet inserting the political dagger into 'institutional opponents'."

Zhao Junjie also believes that NATO, led by the United States, is not truly maintaining security and stability in Europe. On the issue of Ukraine, some European countries have had to choose sides.

"Wherever NATO goes, there is no peace," he pointed out.