Poster | NATO's "Asia Pacific" Plan Unpopular Japan and South Korea | NATO | The Plan Unpopular
The NATO summit was held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, from July 11th to 12th. In recent years, NATO has continued to expand its territory and even extended its black hand to the Asia Pacific region, intensifying its layout in this region. Regarding NATO's "Asia Pacific" plan, there are not only different voices within the organization, but also some Asia Pacific countries that have raised concerns.
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As early as 2006, the United States advocated for establishing partnerships with countries such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand before the NATO summit in Riga. Although this move was not recognized by the summit attendees, public opinion believes that it is actually NATO's "Asia Pacific" process. In recent years, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand have been considered part of NATO's "global partners". Especially in recent years, NATO has further increased its focus on the Asia Pacific region and gradually increased its power projection.
In 2021, NATO formulated the "NATO 2030 Agenda", seeking to revitalize alliance strength, promote new strategic transformation, focus on major country competition, and propose to actively participate in global affairs, especially "Indo Pacific affairs". In 2022, the NATO Madrid Summit invited leaders from Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand for the first time. This year's NATO Vilnius Summit once again invited the leaders of the four countries to attend.
In January of this year, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg visited Asia, claiming that security in the transatlantic and Indo Pacific regions is closely linked. In May, it was revealed by the media that NATO plans to establish a liaison office in Japan by 2024. In June, according to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, NATO will complete a new cooperation plan with Japan this summer, and will work with other three countries to develop new cooperation plans.
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