What is the government of this unified Asian state? Is it democratic or is it similar to the CCP or is it something different? If different, please elaborate.
No, it is not a unified state (East Asian nations cherish sovereignty more than anyone else, perhaps), it is a union of independent nation states, each with their own particular political regimes of their own liking.
lol, never lower your eyes to your enemy. In the end, it was never China that was an existential threat to Japan. Since the Meiji Revolution, friend, it had always been the West, particularly the United States, that had always posed the greatest threat to Japanese independence. Ever had they deigned to have a strangle hold of Japan, and thus the right arm of East Asia.
That's historically true and has been repeatedly mentioned in the early integrationist (Pan -East- Asian) Japanese and Korean thinkers.
Japan has reverberated its position in support of IRAN, even despite US GOP demonization of Tehran , Japan's recent commitment of a multibillion dollar framework of investments in IRAN is testament to a major policy change for Japan. Washington has already lost influence in cajoling Tokyo in this regard (thanks in part to Japan's forward deployment in the region)
During the sanctions regimes, Japan was no less defiant of the US than China, in fact.
Japan UNDERSTANDS and SUPPORTS the role of Russia in the solvency of the Syrian Crisis, to the opposition of Washington's foreign policy. Japan has time and time again at the foreign affairs level (through Kishida Fumio) reiterated Japan's commitment with working with Russia in North Asia as well as in Syria and the Middle East
Hopefully, Tokyo will take further steps and reverse the bad taste of the early (apparently) cozying up to the US-led sanctions regime against Russia.
Japan has remained rather silent in the ECS, in Senkakus / Diayutai , despite American coaxing to deploy against China, in an effort to instigate erosion of Tokyo's relations with Beijing. Japan has remained silent and instead , have further relieved American forces in Okinawa by formulating new air squadrons, a silent yet symbolic gesture as the Okinawa base removal dialogue is going on.
Okinawan resistance, which is an integral part of Japan, is a testament to what Japan is capable of in terms of defying all the odds of US strategic chokehold on Japan.
The intent has been stated.
Please note that this isn't official, despite the headline. This is a symbolic ceremony that still demonstrate the commitment of these countries to ratifying and passing the tpp (at least their heads of state).
The TPP could still get delayed or die in any of the congresses or parliaments of the participating democratic nations, but it doesn't seem likely. If bernie gets elected the US has a real chance to stop pushing for the TPP.
Unfortunately I cant post the link because of the post count but the source is english.donga.
Japan has reiterated its position for a number of exception clauses before signing such a deal. Besides, at the same time, Japan is a signatory to the RCEP, which China will promote aggressively this year.
Even China considered TPP but later, after calculations, it for now decided against joining because the overall impact of the deal on China, even fully implemented, would be minimal. What we now really care about is: RCEP, CAFTA, and CJK FTA.
It will not estrange to see the Russian to trying to find the counterbalance for such union and they can see it in their old rival the US, after all they know each other better than everyone. Even the Soviet Union with all their differences had joint hand with the West to tackle such oddities (German Nazi), the history can be repeated again.
Yeah, the same Russia that has recently decided to merge EEC with OBOR to facilitate Eurasian integration.
Northeast Asian Union would include Russia, not exclude it, in the final analysis.
