Tawain Joe Biden

The document is a video from the American television channel CNN (cable news network).

It is a press conference of the American president Joe Biden in Japan.

During this joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Biden was asked if the US would be willing to go further to help Taiwan in the event of an invasion than it did with Ukraine.

President Biden answers that he is ready to defend Taiwan militarily.

President Biden refers to a pledge that the United States is prepared to assist militarily if Taiwan is attacked

The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin warned President biden about these words and what he was implying

The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don't reflect a change in US policy. 

Under the "One China" policy, the US acknowledges China's position that Taiwan is part of China, but has never officially recognized Beijing's claim to the self-governing island of 23 million. The US provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack.

This is not the first time that an American president has defended Tawain, George Bush in 2001 had also given his support

Idées :

Aukus

Officialese : langue de bois

The use of Officialese

Aukus & geopolitics

• Common history

• British Empire

• British empire & langage

Soft power

China’s hard power

New concept : Asia Pacific

Growing importance of Asia in the region

India was also a former British colony

• Geopolitics in the India Pacific

• The term indo-Pacific

Shift -> from Asia Pacific -> Indo Pacific

Empowerment of Asian countries

Trade routes

In big economies : the US, China, Japon, India

China is challenging American economy / hegemony

To hinder : contrecarrer

“security challenge”

3). A new cold war ?

The US and China

China’s REALPOLITIK

QUAD: quadrilateral security dialogue : the US, Australia, Japan, India

• Different politics

• China’s realpolitik ‘ One china’

• QUAD

• China vs US

• China’ politics ?

• China’s realpolitik

• China vs US

• One china & langue de bois : officialese

• Hegemons US contested

• QUAD

• AUKUS

• Etc

• Une ordre mondial troublé

• Guerre en Ukraine

• Japon renforce sa flotte

Taiwan : basculement des puissances de Europe vers Asie.

La mer nouvel enjeu géopolitique

II). Enjeux politiques et maritime de la mer.

• Ressources : taiwan

• Contrôle des flux de ressources et des ports

• Taiwan : domination militaire par l’ile et contrôle de ses défenses.

III). Un basculement des puissances ?

• the united states: a contested hegemon

• Guerre en Ukraine vers l’Asie, asie mineur.

• Cœur Le traffic aérien mondial c’est dirigé au-dessus de L’iran