Two of the articles I posted this time around, focus on China’s diplomatic relations, and their cooperation withing neighboring nations, in a time that seems to be wrought with terrorism abound.
As tensions continue to flare in the middle east, with dozens of individual conflicts occurring amongst one another, all actors on the world’s stage feel the strain that these conflicts cause. In my train of thought, interactions should always begin with diplomacy, as shown by the exercise we participated in this past class: “How do we react to Iran’s nuclear arsenal?” In this exercise, both my partner agreed that it is paramount to begin with diplomacy, and if that proves fruitless, move to economic sanctions, and as a last, and only final result, use military force. While that set of tactics might be effective for inter-state communication, fighting terrorism is vastly different.
Terror.
It is indeed a word that, it itself, can leave us uneasy and without a sense of security, which in essence is fulfilling the idea of terrorism. The conflicts in the middle east, as mentioned prior, are in part fueled by a ‘holy war’ as radicalized groups slaughter their neighbors over differing ideals and doctrines. This outburst of violence that permeates the middle east region, as affected every corner of the earth as these groups proceed in deploying a variety of acts of terror around the globe. It would not be outside of reason that China’s recent meetings with both Myanmar and India (separately) which focused on national security, and inter cooperation , would be in part spurred on by this vehement wave of violence that has sprung up on their continent.
How simple it would be if the “problem” could be so easily swept under the rug, and so it goes that a large group of people would support the carpet bombing of an entire region. It seems so clear in my eyes, that the alternative suggested, is the absolute worst case scenario. Warfare breeds more warfare.