We have had some serious stuff while enjoying the sunshine in Bohol – Concert Of Power
One the the topic discussed today was the rising of power:US, India, China, Russia etc including the Non-Sovereign power: EU. These powers formed the multi-polar situation today vs the 2 headed (US vs Soviet) in the cold war days.
The concern raised was on international security as there is no more referee on the playing field, although the sphere of influences has increased and filling in the local vacuum.
Questions of national interest:
- “Pre-emptive strike”
- Nuclear Arm Development in N.K. (DPRK)
- Territorial: China in Palawan
- Smaller countries vulnerable
- Leverage – arms supply access from other power
- unstable – dealing with more bully and hypocrites = harder to monitor
Talking about Sovereignty, this concert of power actually aserts soveriegnty but with a flip side: limitation of assertion.
Would this increase Economic Openness? Yes, but will form into limited trading blocs like cold war. However these blocs are depending on each other: bilateral trades but more choices compare with unipolar fabrics (however, it’s very cumbersome).This way, trade sanctions can actually be overcome.
Sigh, it has revert international politics to the jurassic era.
Globalization does not happen in a vacuum, there is a need to put the political frame work in place – a wrong politics could put everything into drain as it has before.
Anti-globalization movement have to keep in mind what they wished for.
