According to Russia’s version of events, the US reneged on this promise “as NATO added 12 Eastern European countries in three subsequent rounds of enlargement.” As Ukraine’s political axis tilted more to the West, Russia’s fear worsened. She feels insecure, threatened and betrayed because according to her diplomats, during the reunification of Germany, the US promised the Soviet Union that NATO would not expand eastward. Her foot is stepping on US’s leg, her right hand extending far to her right side, gesturing the US-led NATO to stop-stop expanding.
Russia may appear indifferent but it is far from that. This reflects the post-Cold war political order, ushered in by the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In the game, Russia is left with only her panties. We have been pushing for an early implementation all along” (Japan Times, November 29, 2014). Enabling such communication would be a great step forward in avoiding an unexpected situation. As Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano, Chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ Joint Staff, once suggested: There must be a “communication mechanism both the navies and air forces. As she slowly breaks free from her post- World War pacifism, she might as well hedge her chances and seek some form of crisis management mechanism with China. In September 2015, the Diet, Japan’s parliament, passed a law that would allow their military to fight overseas, a reinterpretation of their Constitution’s prohibition against it.īut Japan is not taking any chances. Indeed, Japan is slowly breaking away from the post-WW 2 order. She keenly examines her tiles, perhaps looking for a way to rearrange it so she could boost her strengths. Yet despite her utter nakedness, her pacific face shows no trace of defeat. Her ability to parlay her economic gains into military might is being constrained by her pacifist Constitution. This reflects the status quo post-bellum that the US imposed on Japan. If she loses, she’ll have to leave and let another player take her place. A player gets booted out of the game when the only thing to remove is her presence.Īmong them, Japan is completely naked. In this mahjong, losing entails removing one item of clothing. China-her rise, decline, and re-emergence is arguably the longue durée shaping the geopolitical history of this region. It’s apt that mahjong is the game symbolizing their geopolitical struggle, not only because mahjong involves skill, strategy, and serendipity, but also because China, where the game originated, is also the longest surviving player in this geopolitical theater.
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