solomon islands, not i think because of, of some particular circumstance of 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, i think that that for them to shift to their, their diplomatic recognition from type a to b jane, 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 illogically oriented, one way or another between united states and, 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 of 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, 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 it's part of the united nations anti piracy initiative. it's located exactly next door to an american base. that at least in part, is involved in the same operation. so that's trying to is one military establishment outside of its own board. 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 in 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 try has one great venture in, in, in maritime exploration and all that way back in the early 15th 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 are 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, you know, they're, they're, they're simply adjusting quite to quite rationally and reasonable. you'd pragmatically to do this involving situation and 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

tele. 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. so tight. the m o will be right back. the the, the welding of the a sober tv with you know cranium. doria,

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a picture of i'll go with the please the straight guy so that i'm not the welcome back to the m o. i'm the know 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 often 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 shuttered back in the ninety's. but another pacific island is seeing increased us

presence. that's the philippines. under newly mentioned president ferdinand marcos junior, who by the way, it goes by the nickname bon long. i did not make that up. he goes by bon bon 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 basing 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. the, you know, talked about the, the re deployment of america military assets and military resources and intelligent resources to this exact vision you know, to, to, they can't, you know,

entirely and circle china because they're rich. it's well, 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, for a military operations for intelligence gathering for, you know, carrying into various kinds of clandestine activities that we've dealt. we've seen the effects of over time. so yeah, so, so is, you know, the establishment of, of these bases in 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 of 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, 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 affairs article about the call for review american pacific century. this idea that, that the pacific is sort of our tours 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 its own business. and, and the u. s. is a, is trying to counteract that, trying to contain china trying to somehow to i don't know a d re all this, this is reconfiguration of, of global relations. and i think that that's, that's pretty much a full there. and i think that as i say this is, this is a deep historical process. it's not something that is going to be offset at the, certainly at this stage in the game. so you know that 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. and 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 tie pay last year against the wishes of beijing. what do you think is going to happen with taiwan as well? i wish i knew. yeah, obviously it's a very small to

a situation right now and i think a very dangerous one right now. i think that, you know, there, there is a clear record of hypocrisy 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 understand that, 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 beijing as to who's in charge, who runs the whole country. but if you go to tie bay and buy 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 the, that's the reality. the question is resolving this sort of left over legacy from

the, 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 in, in 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 in the us. committed itself to reducing its military engagement with taiwan to him to, you know, i was drawing its diplomatic recognition. but, you know, i radically as, as nixon's 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 the 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 a demonize, china and try to de, rail its progress, do rail its efforts to improve the livelihood of its own people. you know, perpetuates these actions or perpetration 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 through their 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 bailiff. it would be bad for the american people . and yet our politicians, our 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. 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? so? well, i think this is a, this is an effort by uh,

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, 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, a chinese about, you know, crossing, crossing the river by feeling the stones, you know, sort of just making your 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 and decades. brittany, 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 this, 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, to take that into account and try to cautiously to dr. ken hammond. i gotta leave

it right there. unfortunately, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us. it's been a pleasure. thanks for have all right, 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 host manila. chad. thank you so much for tuning and we'll see you again next time to figure out the m. o, the russian states never as tight as i'm one of the most sense community best ingles,

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any attempts to create internal turmoil is doomed to fail. once again, the highest consolidation of society, executive, and legislative power on all levels was shown. a firm unambiguous position in support of the constitutional order was taken by public organizations, religious denominations, leading political parties. in fact, the entire russian society. everyone was united and rally by the main point you responsibility for the fate of the fatherland. for which i emphasized that from the very beginning of the events, all the necessary decisions were immediately taken to neutralize the threats that had arisen to protect the constitutional order. the life and security of our citizens, an armed rebellion would have been suppressed in any case. the organizers of the rebellion, despite the loss of adequacy, could not fail to understand this. they understood everything,

including that they undertook, criminal acts to split and weak in the country, which is now confronting a colossal external threats, unprecedented pressure from outside. when our comrades are dying at the front with the words, not a step back. however, the organizers of the rebellion be trained their country, their people, the trade, those were drawn into the crime. they lied to them, pushed them to death under fire, to shoot at their own brothers. it was precisely this outcome, fratricide, that rushed his enemies. wanted both the neo nazis and kids, and their western patrons and all sorts of national traders. they wanted russian soldiers to kill each other, to kill military personnel and civilians. so that in the end, russia would lose in our society, would be split, choked and bloody civil strife. they rubbed their hands, dreaming of taking revenge for their failures at the front end during the so called counter offensive. but they miscalculated. i think all of our military personnel, law enforcement officers, and special services who stood in the way of the rebels,

remained faithful to their duty, both and their people in courage and self sacrifice of the fallen heroes. pilots saved russia from tragic and devastating consequences kind of where we at the same time we knew and we know now that the over well me, majority of the fighters and commanders of the wagner group are also russian patriots devoted to their people in state. they proved it with their courage on the battlefield, liberating the down boss and never received. and they tried to use them in the dark, against their brothers in arms with whom they fought together for the sake of the country and its future. therefore, from the beginning of the events on my direct instructions, steps were taken to avoid a lot of bloodshed. this took time, including to give those who made a mistake, a chance to think again, to understand that their actions are strongly rejected by society and to what tragic, destructive consequences for russia, for our state, the adventure in which they were drag leads to that. i think those soldiers and

commanders of the wagner group who made the only right decision they did not go to fratricidal blood, should they stopped at the last line. today you have the opportunity to continue serving russia by entering into a contract with the ministry of defense or other law enforcement agencies, or to return to your family and friends. whoever wants can go to bella luce, the promise i made, will be filled. i repeat, the choice is yours, but i'm sure you realize the mistake you have made with it. i am grateful to the president, bella bruce alexander, go to the ciocca shingle for his efforts and contribution to the peaceful resolution of the situation. but i repeat, it was the patriotic spirit of a citizen, the consolidation of the entire russian society that played a decisive role these days. this support allowed us to overcome the most difficult trials for our motherland together. thank you for that. thank you. so i have been put into speech, has full and much attention throughout the world. we discussed the key takeaways

from the presidents addressed on the future of wagner. pmc of the failed mutiny attempt with the panel of guests i was wanting to pose. and all that during his speech, even in the western media, what do you think they were waiting thing to be announced to missed the course unpopular as bus please? so they were hoping that the they, that a civil war would break out, which would be to their advantage. but of course the president booked in reactance in the very careful way. there was no blad shit. and actually uh, this is this uh, this incident leaves putting much more stronger than before, since he has the support of the russian people. and he has brought it to a conclusion. is that now it's over. we've got over the west, it was a terrible crisis because a, you know, the country held together society held together all the key institutions held

together. and what not to use by any. um, uh, oh, opportunistic ideas about the i extra constitutional change. what do you think is the, the destiny of the vol, category pain in russia? now, i think that's the majority of woodside contracts with russian defense ministry to continues to work set as they have started, which is, which is the defense of, of, of, for russia in this war or in the, in the ukraine. is that just supported by the west? well, that's the interesting question i, i would have thought that the, the wagner room, what remains of it will now be taken over by the russian government. i don't think russia is just going to give this up. i think it's much too useful for them. so i think that there's going to bring the are the remnants of this, the wagon,

a fighting group under the control of the russian defense ministry. i would think that is just too useful for russia to as to dissolve the russians top. diplomats is also given his 1st remark. since the volume is eclipse, short lived, a bit of news news to me. it's a good laugh. i've spoke exclusively with on say, on the vital issues the russia faces today. it can mostly fall into the head on all t throughout the day. but here's a preview of what seems to, to let me get you something is wrong, keep it as a dental president. pretty soon received numerous phone calls. somebody's calling, so express solidarity. suppose and confidence in the fact that the situation will be under control, which can on constitution load, it would be restored. and that was what happens when i had several phone conversations initiated by my father and colleagues in so many of them also expressed on the diversity and confirm that confidence that we wouldn't let anyone undermine our country's unity. all the success of the special ministry operation. they oscar these goals to remain confidential, so we respect that we,

somebody are not making their information public. so get victorious. how would you assess the role of minutes in resolving the situation? that's why i'm giving you the screen. we've always, our assessments have better routes as well over a long time ago, including to president lucas and come in person at the school to meet you. pasco has repeated more than once in all detail. wish to step out of resume president had a phone call with president putin saturday morning. when he said he would try to mediate a peaceful solution of the situation and avoid a blood boss is which whatever enables have really happened as a rebel forces have continued that evolves towards most got here. this proposal was welcomed by president polluted into tears and you know, the result was it was announced by the crime than yesterday, but it was in you how do you assess the, the avalanche of announcements and statements from on the list that this fail meets the bi 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 face. so it would be a very fitting description of west important is behaviors of i. so reports on cnn. they said us intelligence found out about the instruction being planned also several days before it happened was because i decided not to share this information . i guess they were hoping for them, you need to succeed. well, i know the cnn report is pushing to the same conclusion that it comes yesterday. they quoted us intelligence on those who are poverty, expected precautions, monster world must go. they seem to encounter much more, is this, this goes on be a lot more bloody than it was us at this point. the on says 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 state. there's was an lensky, i'm his medians might put on the co daniels. and i've set it on search and to the owners and more upset when they sold, that this situation didn't cause the regime to crush it from the most even macro on . but it's a.