but the domination of the economy by those core countries in, in the west. so that's just, that's just a deep changing reality. and what that means is that trade with china, for a country like australia, which has, you know, commodities that, that china needs and wants and, and has things that it wants to buy from china. this is just the logical development. and for that to be a growing component of australia as economy, australia's international trade, it is just common sense. and so to look at it sort of cynically and say, all of the chinese arriving australians that's, that's really just so it's simply a manifestation of the changing realities of a now emergent multi polar world, where the united states and it's, it's allies of interest or gear are no longer the dominant center, you know, but it's, it's, it's something that they're not happy about the, the americans and their, their, their allies. but this is, this is just the change that's, that's going to take place. this is going to continue on folders as the years and

decades from now go forward and scale. yeah, i think will do best for itself if it tries to, to pursue a path that allows it to, to, to profit in a sense, from that change. you know, find is old position with in this new multi polar world, rather than just tying its fortunes to, you know, the continuing dominance of the united states to another battle ground in the pacific is the tiny, solomon islands. australia is their closest mainland neighbor or nearly a 1000 miles away, but some on that island are asking them to intervene as a chinese state owned company is negotiating right now. a deal to buy a deep water c port and a world war 2 error strip from coney era. china is already the islands main revenue source with 90 percent of extractive resources going to be j. despite assurance, as by the prime minister, manasseh. so avari that china will not quote,

have any military bases on the island. there's still a lot of distrust there, especially given that the solomon islands a band and their 36 year support for taiwan in favor of beijing. the us has recently reopened their embassy, their to boot. so why are there so many eyes on the solomon islands right now? well, i think that the shifting situation in, in the pacific region is, is it's, it's a, it's a story that's developing. it's a very dynamic situation right now. the solomon islands, not i think because of, of some particular circumstance in their location or anything like that. but because they have been kind of at the forefront of, of, of, of recognizing this changing world that we were just talking about. you know, i think that that for them to shift to their, their diplomatic recognition from ty bay to aging, it's just

a logical step again in adapting to the emerging realities of, of the 21st century. i think it's a very pragmatic step. i don't think that the, the government into solomon islands is particularly any illogically oriented one way or another between the united states and, and china. but i think that they're, they're looking at the economics of their country. they're looking at a very challenging future with, with global warming and rising sea levels and all this, they have many things they're going to have to be dealing with. and i think the idea that, that, you know, that china is somehow looking to establish some sort of military base in, in the solomon islands is, is, again, it's, it's an example of the kind of projection that the western, especially american politicians, any leads you know, do with china, that, of course, the united states has hundreds of bases and countries all around the world, including all over the pacific. china has one military installation outside of its

own borders, and that's in booty in east africa. and as part of the united nations anti piracy initiative, it's located exactly next door to an american base. that at least in part, is, is involved in the same operation. so that's trying to is one military establishment outside of its own borders. but where ever they're involved in a lot of these development projects and especially when see ports are involved. we hear this about sri lanka. we hear this about cambodia. we hear this about various african countries. the immediate suspicion is, oh, they're going to be establishing, you know, military bases, but there's no history of trying to doing that. i tried, is one great venture in, in, in maritime exploration and all that way back in the early 15 century didn't involve taking over other countries or setting up colonies or anything like that. it was simply sort of a diplomatic, uh, flag waving, you know, here we are kind of kind of series of expeditions. so, you know, i think that,

that the solomon islands, you know, i don't know, maybe they're benefiting a little bit from all the attention. maybe i think we see that the united states reopening the embassy, you know, they're going to try and maintain some of their, their influence there. but i think that the, the, you know, they're, they're, they're simply adjusting quite to quite rationally and reasonably, and pragmatically to do this involving situation in, in the world. yes, i think you are right. i think it's important to highlight that the us is the country with the most foreign basis all around the world. history of course is very telling. okay, doctor, we gotta leave it posit right there. coming up next, we'll get into taiwan. that appears to be the trigger word for the bite and administration. we'll discuss it when we return with dr. ken hammond. sit tight. the m o will be right back the

the show room. just don't need to shape out because the application and engagement equals the trails when so many find themselves will support. we choose to look for common ground, the the, the welcome back to the m o m l. a chance. you heard

president biden at the top saying the us would intervene militarily, should there be a confrontation between mainland china and taiwan? comments like this off and leave his team scrambling to clean up the mess. the doctor can have and he is back with us. he is a china expert, an officer of the book. china is revolution and the quest for a socialist future. thank you for staying with us dr. hammond. so as i mentioned, the u. s. embassy is once again fired up in the solomon islands. after being shuddered back in the ninety's, but another pacific island is seeing increased us presence. that's the philippines . under newly mentioned president ferdinand marcus junior. who, by the way, it goes by the nickname, long, long, did not make that up. he goes by bon gong. president von bond has agreed to allow the us to build for new military installations on the island, bringing that total up to 9 bases. if you're beijing doesn't this look to you like

the george kennan philosophy of containing the soviet union. but pacific style as well, it is the, it does, it does look like that. that's what it is. you know, back in 2011 when the president obama announced to the american pivot to asia. this is exactly what he was talking about. he, uh, you know, talked about the, the re deployment of america military assets and military resources and intelligence resources to this exact vision you know, to, to, they can't, you know, entirely in circle china because they're rich. it's, you know, landlord uh, frontiers in any razor, but as far as the, the pacific and the indian ocean. that's the whole idea is to establish this is kind of at least half ring around china for uh, for military operations, for intelligence gathering for, you know,

carrying into various kinds of clandestine activities that we've, that we've seen the effects of over time. so yeah, so, so is, you know, the establishment of, of these bases and the existing bases and bases in many other countries that is exactly the, a new version of, of, of containment. and again, you know, it, it's, it in the, in the, in the, from the perspective of american politicians and, and american a leads and media and all that. this is just business as usual. of course, it's perfectly fine for the united states to go out and have these bases all around in the world. you know, secretary of state clinton back in the obama administration published a for him. i think it was in for an affair. his article about the call for review american pacific century, this idea that the pacific is sort of our 1st and, and you know, so we can just do whatever we want out there. and, and, you know,

china is the, i'm not exactly, not necessarily directly challenging that but, but it doesn't acknowledge or accept that and, and goes about his own business. and, and the u. s. is, is you trying to counteract that? trying to contain china trying to somehow to i don't know, a d re all of this, this, this reconfiguration of, of global relations. and i think that that's, that's pretty much a full there. and i think that that, as i say this is, this is a deep historical process. it's not something that is going to be offset is certainly at this stage in the game. so, you know, there's a, there's a, there's a sort of cognitive gap between this fantasy that, that somehow try to, is establishing bases or, or during this, which doesn't, doesn't hold up. and the reality of america is continued projection of power wherever it can around the world. so obviously, taiwan is the main island of contention. here in the pacific,

the us says it recognizes the one china policy on diplomatic documents, but washington's rhetoric and actions seem to allude to another philosophy altogether relative to china. we've heard some very provocative language from the us side. you know everyone from navy admirals to president biden himself, even outright diplomatic disregard when then speaker of the house, nancy pelosi took a trip to taipei last year against the wishes of beijing. what do you think is gonna happen with taiwan as well? i wish i knew. yeah, obviously it's a very uh to both to a situation right now and i think a very dangerous one right now. i think that, you know, there, there is a clear, a record of your policy on the part of the united states here because it repeated communiques and agreements over the years, beginning with,

with president nixon's visit way back in 1972. you know, the united states has committed itself to acknowledging and recognizing that people on both sides of the street. i understand that the, you know, the, the taiwan is part of china is only one. china, taiwan is part of china. there's a disagreement between the local authorities on the island and the central government and aging as to who's in charge, who runs the whole country. but if you go to type a in by a map and it says, you know, republic of china, it shows the whole country. and if you go to page and you buy a map, it says people's republic of china and it shows the same country. so, you know, that's, that, that's the reality. the question is resolving this sort of left over legacy from, from the 1940s. you know, from the end of the civil war and the victory of the revolution back in 1949, when the nationalist withdrew to the island. you know, this is something that has come down. and it has been a consistent position of the government and, and begging that this is

a pro question that has to be solved by the chinese people on both sides of the street in the roadway and their own time without outside interference. and the us committed itself to reducing its military engagement with taiwan to him, to, you know, the withdrawing is diplomatic recognition. but you know, i radically as, as dickson, his attorney general john mitchell used to say, watch what we do, not what we say. and when we look at america's actions, we see that they are very different from these formal legal commitments. the formal diplomatic recognition, which is extended to the government of aging, not just by the united states, but by what a $182.00 countries around the world, the united nations, all these international organizations. that's the reality. but the us, as part of its efforts to demonize china and try to de rail its progress the rail, its efforts to improve the livelihood of its own people, you know,

perpetuates these actions or perpetrates, these actions that, that can only be seen as provocations. as efforts to, to, to provoke china, to somehow act in a way that would allow the united states to either further criticize it or the worst case scenario for there to be some sort of actual conflict, military conflict between, you know, between the countries and that would be the devastating for the people that i want to be bad for the people and the mainland. it would be bad for the american people . and yet our politicians are political leaders. are many in the media, you know, speak out over and over again with these inflammatory statements that can only undermine the process of a peaceful, stable resolution of this historical dilemma to. so the u. k has just signed onto the new c p t p, p. the comprehensive agreement for trans pacific partnership. that's similar to the

now defunct obama era, t p. p. it's a trade pact between 11 pacific rim countries. there's vietnam, there, singapore, australia, new zealand, peru, sheila brunei, canada japan, malaysia, and mexico. the region is estimated to account for 54 percent of global economic growth in the coming decades. some say this is this move by the u. k solidifies, this sort of reorientation of the global economy in the new millennium. the coming boom of the global south and, and multi polar world, if you will. would you agree with that assessment as well? i think this is a, this is an effort by, by breaking to try to position itself within that, that emerging multi polar reality. but i think that it's, it's, it's problematic in, in, in, in some very particular ways. in part, i mean probably for the most part because it doesn't include china. and if you're

talking about, you know, the emergence of a multi polar world, you certainly would, would probably want to have some engagement with the country that's likely to be at least one of those uh, those centers of, of production and development and innovation and creativity. you know, this is a, obviously, you know, there, there's, or there's an old saying and chinese about, you know, crossteck crossing the river by feeling the stones, you know, sort of just making you way without having a really clear, you know, what your goal and your objective is what you don't know exactly what the, what the way is to get there and you have to take it sort of step by step. so, you know, this is, this is an ongoing process. it's a historical transformation that's going to continue to play out in the coming years of decades. written, you know, has always been very closely tied to the united states. and i think it's interesting that they're taking this step and making this gesture how substantive

that will prove to be written, especially after brett's it finds itself in a very difficult situation. they've kind of burnt their bridge to the most logical center that they might have been closely connected to. so they're, they're looking for new options and i think, you know, this is just not a bad thing for them to be doing this. but i think that they need to adjust their, their sort of reality perspective and recognize that, that, that excluding china and, and really taking part in something which by, by some people at least is seen as being directed against china. i think that they need to, to take that into account and then try and cautiously doctor can have and i gotta leave it right there. unfortunately, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. it's been a pleasure. thanks for having that is going to do it for this episode of modus operandi the show that dig deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your

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a. let me get you some news on keep it, is it the president printing received numerous phone calls, somebody's calling, so express solidarity. suppose i am confident in the fact that the situation will be under control, which constitutes law that would be restored. and that was what happens. i had several phone conversations initiated by my former colleagues in so many of them also have expressed some of diversity and confirm that confidence that we wouldn't let anyone undermine at countries. unity all the success of the special ministry operation. they oscar these codes to remain confidential, so we respect that. we're not making their information public. so get victorious. how would you assess the role of minutes in resolving the situation? so give me a screw. we've always, our assessments have better uses roll a long time ago, including to present lucas shank of in person display to meet you. pasco has repeated more than once in all detail. we step out a resume. president had a phone call with president putin saturday morning. he said he would try to mediate

a peaceful solution of the situation and avoid a blood boss, which would have an evidence that really happened as a rebel forces had continued that are involved as to what was most got here. this proposal was welcomed by president polluted and it tears and you know the result as it was announced by the criminal in yesterday. but it was a new how would you assess the, the avalanche of announcements and statements from on the list that this failed meets me by wagner, is an indication of the russian government losing control. and then they may even soon be a civil war in russia. learning or is it just recently? i think it, some wishful facebook. it would be a very fitting description of western partners behaviors of i. so reports on cnn. they sent us intelligence, found out about the interaction being planned. also, several days before it happened was the what if i decided not to share this information? i guess they were hoping for them, you need to succeed. another cnn report is pushing to the same conclusion that it sounds. yesterday they quoted us intelligence on those who are poverty,

expected precautions march toward moscow. they seem to encounter much more. is this, this goes on be a lot more bloody than it was just so this policy offers your question about their expectations. as we said, confirming the forwarding concepts, the ukrainian regime has been opening talking about unexpecting. the collapse of the russian states was in lensky, and his millions might put on the co daniels. and i've said it nonsense and to the owners and more upset when they sold, the situation didn't cause the raising to crash for them was even macro on. but it's a european democratic leader who wants europe to gain strategic independence from the united states gave his $0.02 share his opinion, wasn't that much different of the us. however, he said something along the lines of following the situation with caution to what the most important thing that we are seeing said micro on it, even though is how french all week and divided the regime of the army off here. and search for jealousy and weaknesses. justified directions and continued a minute to support for ukraine, according to my cronum with the cool, i think even in 8th grade,

i cannot understand what micro i'm was trying to say. clearly, he thought that the situation in russia was a chance to realize make tons of constance, right. so they keep telling you quite into strategic need to feed the russian to collective west ministry, economic ad information, michigan is working against us. but the rich look cheaper is all going to mutiny has failed. and now that forces have been seeing withdrawing from k, russian regions facing that. the heading back to the field comes and they just suppose it shows. collins moving through the guns republic, also withdrawing from the rough to buttons on, but they seized the number of military facilities on, such as i can see. wagner agreed to stand down on leave russia for better results. the troops with the russian presidents, alexander lucas, sanker, and coordination with the russian president vladimir putin seized with long caused ref, takes the heavy optima, the bloodshed here and rest all hands on having versus members are private. is there a company have and now left the city? we are right next to the headquarters. all the military here,

a little storm on is on and it's back under their control. you can see military police here. you can see the guys are back to work. however, the consequences of this farm use any roommates take a look at this game is been destroyed by se, solve the wagner military group. there are 10 tracks on the street as well, but the roles have beads a blog. now of course, so the situation here was the very sense on saturday. and i tried to gauge people's opinion about what happens here. they need to sort out their relationship after victory. it broke my heart, seeing what happened. we were worried, but now everything is fine with very glad that everything worked out safely and without bloodshed and jermel leave all the forces a note that they just did a bad thing. i think what took place should never have happened,

though they behaved calmly and polite just citizens, but let people to come up to the vehicles, take pictures, but nevertheless, i'm against such actions. they've done to improve the authority of the country, sir. his center of the city and on the outskirts of the city as well. people are now able to move around freely. however, on saturday, the situation here was very sense. indeed. they weren't shots flyers. we heard the sang sang explosions as well as people ran for their lives. i mean, the latest tensions, the russian foreign ministry has said most get receive messages of support from a number of allied countries including iran, the most express on a show here, the fortunately, we are witnessing a peaceful situation after events in russia over the past several days we perceive what has happened as an internal affair. fortunately, the nations administration dealt with the situation wisely and things have returned

to their normal state and neither we believe no nation has the right to intervene and others internal affairs for political reasons. rushes extremely important in the region. we support the russian government's efforts to maintain peace and stability in their country. we believe in consistency and security are not of interest to the nation or its people and regional states. fortunately, the situation and rushes back to normal, your ons foreign minister has conducted talks with his russian counselor par and the ties between to her on and moscow are continuing based on a mutual interest. while the attempted new to me on folded western media outlets and some politicians, but i think feel to the file with the grieving predictions. when us said it's a, i think he expressed his hope, the pollutants down for calling the potential perpetrators for patriots. as internal strife and keels occurs inside of russia, maybe outcome eventually be the russian people freed from corrupt, autocratic war,

criminal dictators, like putting replaced not by a terrorist organization like the wagner group, but true russian patriots. one to establish freedom and integrate, rush up to the world. our hope is freedom for the long suffering people of russia. however, the media is position regarding the vault category funded sanctions very drastically throughout the weekends, depending on how the events were unfolding. i'll say correspondence in the asia explains from bad so good in the blink of an eye. western media appears to be grappling with an internal dilemma regarding its own convictions. one minute brendan, those fighting on the front lines against ukrainian forces as not these. but the moment they turned their guns around and were marching full, seemed towards the kremlin. they were suddenly seen as rebels. widow calls and their evil background was conveniently forgotten. and while terror alarm and a credit at private security, firms claims that their tweets are a generated and with no agenda in less than a day,

they went from calling to group freedom fighters. when them u. n. e started to labeling them as terrorist after an agreement was reached, but this sudden change of this course did not go unnoticed. online was, the media never disappoints. when the march began, they became wagner forces and freedom fighters. after the agreement, they became terrorist again. it's you, larry, as how wagner group turned from a genocidal militia, committing work crimes, to an anti corruption rebellion group into western media. if nato had the chance to arm wagner and called him freedom fighters, wait. so i'm going to back to being able to match this again, i just bought all the wagner equals brave freedom, 5 as merchandise ellis as to that, that apparently the us plan to postpone sanctions against the wagner group. the moment it appears to be against the russian government, the worst violator of human rights across the globe is the united.