They are the foreign policy principles of China, India and ASEAN.
They were declared at the Bandung Conference in 1955 and defended by the Non-Aligned Movement. The diplomatic principles it applied, such as non-interference and non-alignment, are favored by the non-Western world. Only a "new type of international relations," founded on a different worldview, could have achieved this.
It heralds a new era and a new regional order and geopolitical identity for West Asia as other enmities in the region start to fall like dominos. The Saudi-Iranian detente astonished the world because it was deemed impossible and made impossible within the imperial, Western order that had subordinated the region as its "Middle East," drawn its borders, delimited its possibilities, pit its people against each other and exploited, then naturalized their divisions. ASEAN should assess its stance toward AUKUS in the context of a fast-changing world order. We look back to such transitions as times of collapse and revolutionary change. A complex system such as the international order can change gradually for years until, suddenly, impossible events and configurations fall into place at blinding speed. We live amid "changes unseen in a century," as President Xi Jinping likes to say. In the same week, news broke from Beijing that China had mediated the restoration of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Elder statesman Paul Keating described their purpose: "to screw into place the last shackle in the long chain which the Americans have laid out to contain China." The subs, too large for Australia's coastal waters, are designed to prowl China's coastline. Australia committed itself to buying eight nuclear submarines over 30 years. Illustration: Chen Xia/GTLast week the AUKUS security pact unveiled its first initiative.
Worldview, purpose of ASEAN at odds with AUKUS’ wish to contain China By John Pang Published: 06:05 PM Worldview, purpose of ASEAN at odds with AUKUS’ wish to contain China
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