Geopolitics of Southeast Asia

[@luism5514]

"Cultural diversity is good on the surface, but it is a geopolitical barrier to national unity and opens the back door to foreign intervention" wow, if that isn't the realest thing I ever heard.

[@stateservant]

I wonder why schools dont tell students exactly that

[@zodiacfml]

Yes. There is actually a slow decline in diversity in today's more connected world.

[@hoseadavit3422]

Well Indonesia is an exception since our ideology always been Bhinekka Tunggal Ika "Unity in Diversity" that have been written in our law and constitution

[@世代-i3e]

Please help us Manipur want freedom from Manipur kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfTlHehYrufis0

[@kazudv1071]

@@hoseadavit3422 in reality we have lots of racial conflict

[@reymartampus4411]

I love how balanced you are in presenting the ASEAN geopolitics--truly a spot on! The geopolitical setup in Southeast Asia is also the reason why ASEAN has an agreement of non-interference of domestic affairs.

[@kerwinbrown4180]

Not balanced but still informative.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Finally KZbin shows me something I actually WANT to see.

[@rayanhey2411]

Yes we are lucky

[@TheLazyGamer42]

This is that 1% of videos that youtube shows me

[@conorkelly947]

I need to re watch The Wire

[@JMM333]

@@conorkelly947 oh yeah, but context?

[@BeelzebubBeelzebub]

Fuzzy Dunlop Yea it has been upping its game lately

[@tawan36]

In ASEAN we have: Islam Buddhism Christianity Folk religions Monarchy Democracy Communism over 10 thousanda ethnicities and languages we have mountains forests volcanos beaches savanas Pobably the most diverse region in the world but tho we get along quite well and look quit similar

[@khalidsaiv6613]

You forgeting dictatorship, liberalism, kapitalism.. to much diversity in one area

[@alekseysoldatenkov5675]

30mins?! 🙌 The Gods of Geopolitics have blessed us today! Thanks Shirvan!

[@juneshannon8074]

Thank you for you professional and educational reports. From Australia. 🇦🇺👍

[@rtalat8478]

Said the British spy..

[@pecadodeorgullo5963]

@@rtalat8478 what's wrong with Australia and the uk?

[@gungatz6696]

@@pecadodeorgullo5963 Dude what?

[@pecadodeorgullo5963]

@@gungatz6696 what?

[@gungatz6696]

@@pecadodeorgullo5963 Oh, this was supposed to be a response to Rtalat.

[@kassa2681]

This is the most informative, objective channel on youtube. I follow this channel for several years now, seen most of the videos. I am so much impressed with its content as compared to other similar channels. I love how each video is loaded with information properly supported with flawless analyses, straight to the point, heavily researched and not a whiff of bias. Thanks Shirivan and Caspian report team for this channel. you guys rock!

[@brynhard]

ASEAN must patronize and help each other and in no time these nations will rise as one. Love from a Filipino

[@thaichu3871]

Chinese will behave and stay away from South East Asia.

[@mobwu83]

Love ASEAN 😍

[@tonglong1647]

No peace , pinoy only Asean friends of Vietnamese everyone else hate us

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Too diverse, I'd agree with a military alliance to help eachother squash the separatists and take back East Timor, and stronger economic ties, but the only way to inspire a union is a single outside threat(common enemy), perhaps if China actually invades Taiwan in 2020 there will start to be talks of a stronger union.

[@hoangthangphamhuy5877]

Lol, we hate each other and we sometime even hate ourself This not like the European union dude, this is SEA, a region with diverse culture and rich history. We share little, if not, zero in culture or language (i mean, beside malay and Indo, but thats another story) We try to be nice when we are jn the public, but behind close door, we are just waiting to exploit other country.

[@SukacitaYeremia]

This taught me why the five founding nations of ASEAN are those five in maritime SEA...

[@putikeswarasudarsono]

Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand. ASEAN was actually established to contain communist ideology.

[@lancetheking7524]

@@putikeswarasudarsono Philippines is Democratic and a Republic so how is that?

[@putikeswarasudarsono]

@@lancetheking7524 by contain I mean to limit, not to accomodate

[@iknowyoucanhearme6483]

@@lancetheking7524 lol

[@zephdo2971]

@@Chi19999 no

[@Astania08]

As a political science student. Im really thankful for you making this video. I always distrust PRC, but also don't like being too close with the United States, or Éstados Unidos here in Philippines, but still Thank you for the informations you presented to us.

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

The US is democratic and further away so China is the stronger influencer, I'd go with the US just to even the odds and try to get them into a bidding war over influence in ASEAN(Like the Phillipines is doing now).

[@ohkabomb917]

We must forge our own path. At our current state, we are too weak though. We must bide our time and get strong. We must make compromises with the PRC and the western powers first.

[@KingArthurWs]

@@ohkabomb917 Here from America. Just hope yall stay democratic.

[@_vae]

@@KingArthurWs I agree with this sentiment. the ccp is getting scarier everyday.

[@KingArthurWs]

@@_vae They will have to face demographic collapse, housing price collapse, and, in the north, water shortage

[@sketchye5943]

Oh boy the “military faction is loosening power” didn’t age well

[@Peeoto]

It age like berry wine. From thailand

[@Peeoto]

@Anuj Pandita we had a military coup in 2014. (The coup leader gave BBC an interview where they said they planned 6month for the group) Then they stay in power for 5year (each year saying that we would have a new constitution “next year”) Then organize an election where the general changed rules so that he can appoint 250member of parliament (from750 that would vote the new prime minister) Dissolute the opponent political party. The general is still prime minister right now.(7years almost 8) And that is the really short version of the short-version of thai political turmoil(the long version include the king)

[@Peeoto]

@Anuj Pandita nahh, almost every coup d’etat (like14of them) was approved by the dude himself... the throne is 1 of the root problem of thai turmoil.

[@Peeoto]

@Anuj Pandita the guys is one of the richest man on earth, top 10, with his 45-90billion usd

[@Peeoto]

@Anuj Pandita he will party, bcuz the army give him more power in this constitution than any previous one. And they made him one of the richest man on earth. So yeah.... he’ll party hard.

[@danielgillard7795]

One of the best videos I've seen on KZbin, and out of many great CaspianReport videos, I rate this as the best I've seen so far. I'm British but I live in South East Asia, and despite doing my best to keep up-to-speed with SE Asian politics, culture, society etc., this video just taught me a great deal. Thanks also for a more than 30 minute production - exceptional work from all involved :-)

[@skysea7785]

The land divides but the sea unite.

[@Sunkgazelle]

Indonesia is planning on moving their captial away from Java, so Jakarta might not be the capital for much longer.

[@Keke_Poutri]

Yeah.. that's what they said, but we're not sure when

[@SukacitaYeremia]

@@simplethewaterbender6264 After understanding how this video describes Indonesia's position in geopolitics, I understand why the Javanese are great for the future of our nation right now. They're experts at maintaining status quo and avoiding conflicts as that's their life's philosophy. But maybe, maybe when we rise up from the ashes of colonial division, an opportunistic leader from another race like the Madurans might fit the position better than the Central Javanese people we've had multiple times..

[@nandaarmando8365]

Jakarta always been has the strongest economic among other provinces in Indonesia. So eventhough the governnent move the capital city to anothrer province, people will keep coming to Jakarta.

[@angelo_alexpaguntalan411]

also Philippines and Egypt

[@thisisjfl]

@@nandaarmando8365 Jakarta is sinking that's why

[@chavezchavo]

It's 2019 and i'm just watching all this with popcorn in hand from Malaysia...

[@ra_alf9467]

@soham 121ay what?

[@atoygaerlan220]

My people of my country to be one country. Because you obey the one spirit of of GOD .the country of GOD. To be kingdom of GOD. You see the powerful GOD in your life to be wonderful people of the world

[@ColeLPeltier]

Awesome video! I found the segments regarding the vulnerability of Myanmar, Indonesia, and Cambodia to be very intriguing. Very persuasive presentation.

[@belvinananda]

if asean unite think how strong we will be, no country in the world will dare to mess with us, we will hold control one of the most important trading route in the world, our resource is abundand, our people are strong and smart, we dont need the world, the world will need us. its a pipe dream but someday i hope we stop bickering with each other and realize how strong we are if we are united.

[@jamgaela]

Thats easily imagines than the reality... our weakness is how hard it is to travel to one point to another were naturally divided. Compare it to superpowers you would see theyre i big mass of land.

[@pipsqueak3296]

@@jamgaela if southeast asian specially indo,malay,ph can even build a bridge for land transport

[@mynameis5758]

Poverty will be increase m8 so no way....

[@mosesracal6758]

Integration is what we need. We unite when we act decisively as one coherent force. ASEAN should use its trade routes and massive workforce as leverage when discussing foreign encroachment. Play with our strenghts and consolidate our weaknesses. The scramble for SEA will not be decided on who will control us but instead on the decisions we make today.

[@Ash-hd8nw]

We simply do not have the military technology, the strength, the unity or the reputation. It is just so easy to divide and conquer. There was a chance, for Vietnam, but China squashed it.

[@brianjonker510]

I have watched a few episodes from Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding for the local issues

[@TheMan00007]

To deal with China, SEA has to, firstly, deal with the internal strife in their respective territories and achieve political control and unity then we can establish a unified naval power complete with cooperative R&D and production and, finally, re-establish our control on the disputed islands and get China's respect. However, SEA has one thing in common: a lack of political will.

[@spoon694]

True🥲

[@kornkernel2232]

Sadly true, but I guess it is slowly improving. This weak political will to ASEAN is currently exploited, but hopefully ASEAN will get act together and for ma framework that ebenfits the region as a whole. Maybe not exactly like EU but shares similarities to unifiy its agenda and defend its region with growing tensions in South China Sea. I don't think they all to antogonize China, but they want to secure that they won't be stomp upon, gain respect from China and gain international influence to stabilise the geopolitical issue in the region. Thing is, mostly are still growing economy and large part of the nation governments under ASEAN is more focus on improving their own respective nations at first. So it's hard to do it all at once.

[@elinnevi144]

vietnam taiwan & malaysia also have military islands in Philippine waters. not just China. Taiwans 11 Dash Line claim was basis for Chinas 9 Dash Line. China does not even use guns on naval disputes. Use water hoses instead. While ASEAN like the Philippines Navy chase, shoot and murder unarmed taiwanese and vietnamese fishermen in contested waters. So as you can see they have more problems with each other than China.

[@harukrentz435]

Lol yeah how did things get in europe using your advice??

[@augustuslunasol10thapostle]

@@harukrentz435 fairly well considering that europe alone could go toe to toe with china and russia combined with troops for the middle east to spare

[@frankiebouchard2885]

Your voice I so calming I fell asleep half way through

[@blizzbee]

😂

[@DerPoto]

we need Shirvan to do ASMR videos xD

[@eddiesid1149]

You spelt boring wrong 😏

[@fbyi2940]

It gave me wetdream after waking up

[@世代-i3e]

@@fbyi2940 please help us Manipur want free from India kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfTlHehYrufis0

[@FRISHR]

South East Asia: *exists* China and USA: GIMME!

[@lunassr7212]

FRISHR Gimme Gimme Inna song about Megawati and Indonesia,good work Inna Romania international singer

[@hanorisera2779]

RUSSIA: LET ME IN

[@covertfeelings8330]

@@KharlHungus lol

[@arkcliref]

Also Philippines: I s*ck USA's and China's d*cks to survive

[@maplaysmlbb1105]

Wow! This was intelligently done. Maraming Salamat Caspian Report I learned alot - from Filipinas

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Nice! Now you actually covered entire SEA. Thank you.

[@Gulitize]

what about East Timor?

[@fathursoebono7857]

That's not part of SEA, it used to be back when it was Indonesian territory. Though Indonesia has pushed for Timor's membership in ASEAN, other members have deemed it not developed enough to join. Kind of a bummer if you ask me, we'll be stronger together.

[@Gulitize]

Wikipedia disagrees with you. ASEAN doesn't equal SEA same with EU and Europe.

[@fathursoebono7857]

I do realize that, but since all current SEA nations are members of ASEAN I would conclude that if Timor were to join the organization, then it would also be part of Southeast Asia. I would like to clarify; Timor Leste isn't a Southeast Asian country.

[@fathursoebono7857]

Though people would argue whether Timor is part of SEA, ASEAN membership will solidify the fact that it is.

[@ghoralaziola5712]

Greeting from Republic of Indonesia :)

[@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462]

I live in Indonesia But I own Republic of Cat Kitty in bir something somewhere in Africa

[@radopon]

@@philosoftfurkitusjunkyard2462 so you own a micronation in the Bir Tawil triangle in the Egypt-Sudan border?

[@D0t0ne]

The new political leadership in Malaysia is fully aware of Chinese designs, hence after a visit to China recently by Malaysian Prime minister cancelled pretty much all the infrastructure projects signed by the previous extremely corrupt government, However, in no way it is to suggest that Malaysia has decided to join any western or Washington backed coalition against China. The biggest danger to Malaysia is the public owned debt in the immediate future, further weakening the Malaysian capacity to fund its military or exert influence beyond its borders.

[@kingofthejungle4491]

Chinese investment can be good or bad. It actually depends on the country receiving Chinese loans and investments to be wise. Chinese money has been flooding Singapore and we are benefiting a lot from it simply because the government made good deals. Most of Chinese outward FDI is going to the developed nations like the US, EU, Australia and Singapore. Singapore receives far more FDI than Malaysia or any other SE Asian nation from China.

[@LexDomo]

I just heard the Malaysia PM said he was joking and did not cancel the project and just put it on hold for now like in the past. He's really indecisive about this

[@comradeofthebalance3147]

XxlegenDzZzscope China might make a fuss if the deals were cancelled because there was no clause relating to ‘ in the event of cancellation’. But the PM wants Malaysia to be neutral( don’t forget we are part of the NAM). The PM will take other deals to develop Malaysia and the region and make sure they are carried out properly

[@LexDomo]

@@comradeofthebalance3147 oh I thought it's bcs the ex PM challenges current government to disclose the deal on the rail project and the discontent of the people of East coast that force them to not cancel the project. The more you know

[@comradeofthebalance3147]

XxlegenDzZzscope For me as a Malaysian Chinese. I would find the safest way to get out of the deals cause they were not benefiting anyone. Our country has a huge debt and we need to somehow pay it off. We can’t afford to make deals with big powers and that might potentially put us in further debt

[@isti18]

As Indonesian I have to praise you for your great pronunciation of those islands. Well done. Great video

[@togerthetigerking951]

USA:I hate the forest. Europe: Why? Vietnam: :3

[@angelkitty11]

:3

[@caffemocca8855]

@LUNAR BLOODDROP just because they hate a devil doesn't mean they have to befriend the other one 🙄

[@RealCaptainVN]

@LUNAR BLOODDROP um, yes, we can be friend. but no. no military bases in vietnam's land. we are not going to be a battlefiled.

[@gwyn.]

its more of a jungle than a forest

[@Alpha-eg8ip]

Not "forest" its "jungle".

[@Siao222]

I am impressed that you managed to pronounce all the names without butchering them (even I can't do it myself). Very nicely done video about the region highlighting how the region has always been the playground of world powers.

[@MelvinSimKH]

Very good pronunciation. 👍 Just three nits to pick: Brunei - BrewNAI Malay - MerLAY Penang - PeNaang

[@HoshikawaHikari]

So the main problem is..... Beijing....

[@rafifd.b7626]

Why

[@世代-i3e]

@@rafifd.b7626 please help us Manipur want freedom from India india's killing mongoloid people in Northeast India please help us kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfTlHehYrufis0

[@世代-i3e]

Please help us kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXfTlHehYrufis0

[@Dou_Y]

thats your problem as a Japanese. You are scaring with China's rising.

[@HoshikawaHikari]

@@Dou_Y I'm not Japanese, that's just my online name

[@albertteng1191]

Video failed to mention that those maritime countries are now engaged in serious naval buildups. In fact vietnam has just launch its own submarine fleet with the philippines having its own in a few years time. Also these countries are planning to add more frigates and destroyers in the near future plus they are forming more fighter plane squadrons as well as better radar capability to negate chinese planes incursions

[@Neubiez]

I think that is not the main aim of the video, just to introduce the cultural, socio-economical, and political scenes of the countries in ASEAN

[@nancyhobson9710]

Well, they just better get a move along getting all this because they are on the front line so to speak

[@glenmarkdelapena81]

SEA is gonna be the battleground

[@marlarki5280]

Their Navy will be used on one-other way before it is used for anything else.

[@gungatz6696]

I can confirm his claims PH harbours literally making new ships and new division, to what might be purpose for those ships I'd just keep hoping it wouldn't be conflict.

[@cakdwik2050]

Vietnam: rough start, deity difficulty Indonesia: legend start, dumb player

[@martinpark1082]

Philippines:Best and Earliest start, never ending dumb players

[@refdiwanmalikiwi9346]

Brunei: Sumatra start, Chad player

[@arkcliref]

@@martinpark1082 *and never ending shitty side characters

[@briantarigan7685]

Wrong lol, indonesia also have rough start, malaysia and singapore are the one that have rough start

[@gungatz6696]

And for Fukc sake majority of ASEAN had a rough start.

[@Mozzers84]

Shirvan, you mentioned that Indonesia has lost control of East Timor, however East Timor was invaded in the 1970's and has never been a de jour part of Indonesia. I'm guessing you already know this, perhaps it was just a clumsy sentence. In any case thanks for the video, this channel is great.

[@lotstolearn5350]

Hergle McMergle : jour means day in French Perhaps you meant jure

[@ikhsanridwan17]

Timorese just the poor puppet country of Australia so nothing to explored

[@harizazwar7430]

@@ikhsanridwan17 can you please shut up? Your comment makes people thought you are stupid.

[@AndreaBorgia]

Is it just me or is this a repost / supercut of previous videos?

[@HxH2011DRA]

Yes, he announced such in the last vid

[@AndreaBorgia]

@@HxH2011DRA thanks, I must have missed that bit

[@HxH2011DRA]

@@AndreaBorgia No prob, happy to help

[@anentiresleeveoforeos2087]

fuck both of you for being nice to each other

[@azmainmd.shahriar4024]

+himjama must be american

[@shanemcfadden6427]

In 34 mins you've given me more honest and useful information about this area of the world than the sorry assed Western educational and media infrastructures I've previously been burdened with in my 48 years upon this planet ever have. Thank you good sir!

[@akashoreki2204]

Grow SE Asia... Love from India 🇮🇳

[@thestudentofficial5483]

I think you really got on point on Indonesia

[@fathursoebono7857]

Really hoping next year's election wouldn't fuck us up too bad.

[@SynisterFour]

Kraft durch Freude Freude I'm confident widodo will still hold his place.

[@rakeantl6730]

Hello I'm from future and wowo declared victory despite the official are still counting the vote (while wiwi is still win around ~55% of vote so far)

[@saddamc.h.5639]

We all fucked up. The country is becoming so polarized that it's starting to look bad.

[@ihsanwira]

Saddam C. H. naah dont worry too much about it brother, only a byproduct of election season.

[@maroo7561]

such a good one. Really appreciate the effort of Caspian report.

[@loosecontroiPL]

Correction: Malaysia's political capital is Putrajaya. Kuala Lumpur is the commercial hub/capital

[@DGraze]

22:22 this is why indonesian didn't care much about it's diversity of ethnic language. TOO MANY. and we didn't care, because our 3rd pillar of pancasila in quote "unity of indonesia".

[@tombombadilofficial]

ASEAN countries be like: *Hey, Economic and Political foreign overlords, no need to divide and conquer us, we already did that for you.* : D

[@klytouch5285]

Haha hahaha hahaha... Someone is forgotten about a large part of South East Asia..😁 Australia and New Zealand.. We need to detach Australia and New Zealand from the British and make them part of us...😄😄 Good bye governer general.... 🤣🤣😂😂😜

[@Sp3ctator]

Australia and new zealand are part of a whole different continent(Oceania) and are strong allies with the US and Australia also trains the indonesian military,And how are WE going to make both the Australians and the Zealanders Break off with london australia does not even have the same ethnic regions as us.

[@ReformMsia]

I am a Malaysian love the report Soon the geopolitics will change wants the Cra Cannel finish developement

[@klabumalami6699]

Segenting @ Sekangkang Kera/Kra.... satu masa dulu tanah orang Melayu...

[@MuhamadFarhanShiddiq]

I'm astonished that the auto-generated subtitle is in portuguese.

[@Vysair]

that happens a lot to many people

[@LCrossfit]

I speak portuguese and I laugh so much reading the subtitles lol. 😂😂

[@jamestheminorbender4978]

@@LCrossfit well that's messed up

[@daniel3231995]

How can his voice even close to protoguese he's Dutch speaking English

[@boypazaway5833]

Warm Greetings to All from 🇵🇭

[@somebodythatyouveusedtokno9604]

Quick Hide yourself! you will attract the filipino keyboard warriors!

[@UjjwalKumar_234]

Such a soothing and humble voice and tone, not to mention the well researched history and geo-politics! I have often put myself to sleep while listening to your videos. Thanks!

[@furaigames6837]

This is my new favorite channel! Thanks for the awesome content!

[@seyhansonmez2947]

The Most useful KZbin channel! I have ever watched a youtube channel that beneficial as this one. Thannk you guys really.

[@JoelReid]

A fascinating topic is the Australian Indonesian interactions. Australia is deeply invested in the Geopolitics of Indonesia and will both oppose and side with Indonesia on a variety of policies in order to support and hinder them based upon interests in protecting Australia. Essentially Indonesia plays a crucial part in Australian defence and economics by acting as a neutral barrier to China, yet Australia also has ethical considerations concerning Indonesia to consider... it is a highly complex web of spies, lies, and diplomacy. A fascinating concept for a video.

[@punhere1]

I read somewhere that Australia and Indonesia teamed up and bullied Timor and Papua so hard for their resource.

[@JoelReid]

@@punhere1 Australia's attitude to papua is a delicate one. While Australia generally dislikes how indonesia treats Papuans for their resources, Australia has to tread diplomatically due to the wealth in Papua that Indonesia would fight to keep a hold of. Australia has protested diplomatically at some issues in papua concerning democracy and human rights, but will always step back from outright criticism. Timor Leste is another issue. It is highly evident that Australia saw an opportunity to gain an advantage. unfortunately their treatment of Timorese gas resources meant it backfired diplomatically.

[@bigguy3636]

It doesn't help that Australia is tacitly supporting Islamist parties and groups cause these guys are way WAY more democratic than the secularist for obvious reason(read: 3rd world country with an absolute majority Muslim population.... It's basicly free real estate for them as long as they are given the stage to gain power). And they are softer on Papuan issue because they don't really care about eastern and northern christian majority regions and want to change constitusion to implement sharia(Don't ask what their plan AND what they're doing right now to the millions of non-muslims population that live in muslim majority area though), a move that would make sure they create their own state and thus removing the west papua problem. Weirdly enough many people still say most papuans want independence even though in the last election all papuans support the current president(instead of boycotting it before) and west papuans are seeing how they are much more developed than whatever it is Papua New Guinea rn

[@JoelReid]

@@bigguy3636 What you will find is that West Papua has has Indonesians from other areas of the country migrate to West Papua for work. The increased support is not so much from West Papuans, but from Indonesians in general. You need to differentiate between indigenous West Papuans and non indigenous West Papuans.

[@bigguy3636]

@@JoelReid what are you talking about? 76% of papua population are still indigenous people You do know that "west papua" is a different province inside Indonesia and there have been interaction with the moluccas and flores people there unlike in the "core" papua province where the president got more than 90% of the vote with very VERY high turnout(unlike in the previous ones where indigenous people usually take the holiday and ignore the election) Also you do know those migrants are mostly people from the moluccas and east lesser sunda islands right?(christians with dark skins)

[@fillmorewebber8134]

Economically the Maritime SEA(🇧🇳🇮🇩🇲🇾🇵🇭🇸🇬) dominates than the Mainland SEA (🇰🇭🇱🇦🇲🇲🇹🇭🇻🇳). Long live ASEAN! Let us help each other!😍

[@zulimanismail1966]

We Malaysian have both Mainland and Maritime .

[@gungatz6696]

@@zulimanismail1966 People often forget about that

[@zulimanismail1966]

They forget we are mainlanders..

[@Gilder547]

At 21:29 all the northern seas surrounding Indonesia are mentioned. But the southern seas are omitted. While I can understand that the focus is on South East Asia as an interlinked region, omission of the Arafura sea, Timor sea , and the Indian ocean misses how this region is has a maritime/geo-political. With a connection to Australia, India, the Middle East and Africa.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Who ever controlls the Asia Pacific sea holds he power.

[@kevinsamara]

Hello!!! From Timor, Indonesia✌

[@3hreeoshortsvideos8]

Hello Kevin

[@ChemySh]

hi neighbor

[@kevinsamara]

@@ChemySh Where r u from?

[@ChemySh]

@@kevinsamara Indo. Sorry for the past invasion, we read the map wrong. Those war crimes were meant for Papuans, we swear

[@kevinsamara]

@@ChemySh you know nothing. What maps and what criminals? I am Indonesian too btw. Learn your geography dude. And Papuans are criminal? Really?

The level of quality reached within this report is quite impressive, analysis very conducted and facts being put one next to the other very well. Excellent job . Understanding the relations of power and their impact woooh very impressed by the chief analyst here

[@franciscocevallos5084]

One Japanese Prime Minister in the 1980s proposed that there should be a single Asian currency to counterbalance to the US Dollar and the European currencies,with all the disparities and economic gap why not start on a single Southeasr Asian currency first then the single Asian currency later on?

[@ryanang446]

Francisco Cevallos American backed countries won’t allow it

[@beanzor]

If I remember correctly, Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines during the 1980's proposed a plan to boost the economy of the South East Asian region by using a currency similar to the European Union. But never got pushed through, he was also ousted in a revolution just 3 years later after that proposal so it was never brought up again.

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

The Euro is causing a lot of economic stagnation. No thanks. I would, however, like a military alliance. Squash the separatists so that we can focus on our naval capabilities.

[@melyaborot1707]

Single currency will give more problem than benefits but thinking about having it as one ASEAN currency will uplift the value of our money.....but it will never happen in the near future we need to do a hard homework to get things done means more political will from asean Gov't....however not all EU nations are well off in terms of economy...there are few economically good but majority is bad if not worse...20TH century is ASIAN century so asia will rule till the end of time..EU and US is done with their glorious days...thats the fact...the one that cause problem in asia is the greedy china..the trouble maker and territorial grabber...

[@joynermaidana7058]

Nope

[@SuperOm1234]

Excellent work as always. This is an outstanding channel:)

[@Crypto_Lan]

All ASEAN countries needs a defense treaty to further secure their countries.

[@guyfromkk]

During the height of cold war, there used to be one called SEATO. But it was shortlived.

[@azzamalhanif9197]

I love how you dont even bother to mention Timor Leste LMAO 15:54

[@juanmora4274]

nobody knews, nobody cares.

[@azzamalhanif9197]

@@juanmora4274 aight vlad

[@philipfagel6799]

Isn't Timor leste part of Indonesia

[@azzamalhanif9197]

@@philipfagel6799 Naah, we parted years ago, we accept their referendum. Tho some said, CIA involved, and actually the people dont want to part from us.

[@jasontempest4233]

I think Timor Leste is a puppet state of Australia now.

[@Me63422]

The funny thing is that Zambia is booming compared to it's neighbours. Mostly due to south African investments and the influx of skilled white farmers from neighbouring Zimbabwe. Mining also has a role there. Would be great if you made a video on the SADC region. Otherwise keep up the good work. Objectivity is worth a fortune and hard to come-by. Would totally support you on patreon if I wasn't a student racking up debt.

[@kathycaldwell7126]

Fantastic must-have context for those interested in our global world. We hear or read of many SE Asian countries as news hot spots but to understand their geopolitical and political importance is vital in the larger picture. The Caspian Report educates those unfamiliar with regional issues starting with the biggest picture, geography; then drills to the major historical players (including historical, economic, philosophical and ethnic details) and concludes with the important players in the perimeter of other countries. It’s a broad brush, no doubt. But it’s an excellent start for those like me that are trying to put events in proper context. Bravo.

[@ZyozyoPadilla]

The Philippines has some parallelisms with Poland. Both heavily Catholic, both historically torn by bigger nations (Manila was just as destroyed as Warsaw in WW2), and now, based on your videos, caught between the conflicts of two bigger bodies: Russia and NATO, and for us, China and the US.

[@damiendiem]

Pretty sure Korea is considered the Poland of Asia

[@Ymats-dj1nt]

@@damiendiem japan is more like Poland considering Korea is still on a civil war (S vs N)

[@damiendiem]

@@Ymats-dj1nt I was talking about how Poland/Korea always suffers under foreign invaders historically due to their not so ideal locations.

[@apollo1055]

Filipino here and enjoying the presentation. Good to hear about our ASEAN neighbors as well.

[@elijahschnake3863]

Your videos are fantastic. So I did it, I'm Patreonising you.

[@ybear6528]

One of the best documentary on Southeast Asia studies

[@dimasanggoro20]

Bruh you should change the video title into "How China Influence the Geopolitics of South East Asia"

[@ColeLPeltier]

Good point. Perhaps: "The Rising Specter of China over Southeast Asian Geopolitics"

[@nikolavideomaker]

You can not talk about these region without china. Like talking about the Baltics, Belarus and Ukraine without Russia. Or Canada without the USA...

[@bigsouth010]

nikola 1809 or talking about the USA 🇺🇸 without mentioning the Middle East the pacific the European Union etc

[@farhysthunterz6654]

China mainland worsening the condition

[@AngryKittens]

@Yen Tao And how, pray tell, do you give us "equal relationship"? By claiming our seas? LOL. China is exactly like western colonizers during the colonial era. But worse. Much much worse. The fruits of Chinese "benevolence" speak for itself: North Korea, Laos, Pol Pot's Cambodia, Tibet, Xinjiang, and now Hong Kong.

[@sherrillwhately7586]

I like the balanced approach. No favoritism toward any particular country or ethnic group’s viewpoint, just the facts on the ground.

[@amlecciones]

Great material for an ASEAN Game of Thrones series. Although very weak treatment of the Philippines not much said at all!

[@budikurniadi6104]

this video is actually the supercut version of the previous one.

[@oreodimasdale3840]

This is actually one of those ASEAN videos that finally doesn't center around MaPhilIndo (Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia). Let's give our mainland neighbors a spotlight.

[@eliolovesgaymovies1117]

Hahaha got disappointed waiting to learn more of my own country but it was very short compared to other countries if there's a long version could you please link it here thanks

[@MrLangam]

Because our country is shit.

[@Channel-lv5hl]

MrLangam ok boomer

[@MrLangam]

Never clicked so fast in my life.

[@aureliusxvincent]

The SEA nations should band up together as a force contesting other superpower nations and we are heading the right way with ASEAN. Greetings from Indonesia :)

[@farrelhidayat8262]

It is not an easy thing because not all ASEAN countries have claims over the South China Sea / SEA Sea such as Laos, Miyanmar, Singapore, and Cambodia. And many countries including Indonesia have diplomatic relations with China compared to western countries

[@communistpoultry]

I love this geopolitics topic. Please create more.

[@alLEDP]

South Eas Asia as a family: Continental Branch: -Thailand: the succesful oldest daughter who had quables with their siblings in the past. At times very opportunistic but all for her well being. Has a bright future. Comes more after her mother. -Vietnam: stubborn, headstrong second son who is at times too stubborn for its own good. He might not admit it but he comes a little bit after his abusive father. It doesn't look like it atm but also has a bright future. -Cambodia: Sandwhich cild. The whole family is always arguing and nobody understands that she also needs love at times. -Laos: Abused little brother. Getting the bad mood of their older siblings Vietnam and Thailand respectively. Sometimes their abusive father also hits him. But still loves the family bc deep in his heart he wanna be like them. -Myanmar/Burma: who? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abusive Father: China Always absent mother: India ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sea Branch: Indonesia: Big brother who once a exotic girlfriend and is in fancy exotic things. Malaysia:

[@rmyls]

Philippines : adopted siblings 😂

[@alexapleasecalldevil4477]

Okay soooo where’s the Philippines? Is he adopted?

[@athenstar10]

Philippines: The long lost, celebrity half-sibling from a western father who loves to have fun😁

[@athenstar10]

@Ryan Lajara HAHA, I guess but probably coz she's the sister that's jealous of her prettier (pageant-related) long lost half-sibling!😂

[@athenstar10]

Brunei: Your rich yet, low key brother with autism. Singapore: The nerd, millionaire siamese twin of Malaysia. Timor-Leste: That quiet sibling in the corner.

[@encandido590]

The fact that Thailand could easily become the region's superpower if it built the Thai Canal and pushed the mainland integration.

[@sutdhinanchaowonglert9312]

We won’t, our leaders are too busy maintaining their concubines. We are a nation given to whoredom. A nation where everything is a compromise.

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

But the Canal will ended up benefit Vietnam more than Thailand and reduce Singapore influence.

[@ahmadin5681]

Thailand can't even cope with a military coup

[@davyzyvy4810]

@@ahmadin5681 Stupid !

[@arnoldmojados399]

I love this channel good job 💪

[@TheMatissV]

I just realized CaspianR is just like The Economist I used to read back in the day. Spot on geopolitics.

[@ikanberapi2189]

indonesia definitely need more navy power and more patrol/ships for patrolling and defends

[@MrTryAnotherOne]

Excellent analysis. If the indochinese countries would coordinate their affairs more closely they would have some weight in the international gameplay.

[@adinnaikhwani6255]

NOW IS THE TIME, IN THE PAST, INDONESIA STILL HAVE SO MANY MISTAKE, TODAY, THEY ARE TRYING TO REPAIR IT

[@timtams_6]

Why do you make it sound like everyday we live there is a day in hell?

[@ihsanwira]

Timothy a humid, damp hell. *

[@jirayuslaohavanich787]

It is trust me

[@timtams_6]

Not the kind of hell i was thinking of but it's still hell nonetheless

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Because it is, a monitor lizard the size of a German Sheperd can crawl out of your sewage system at any time, I have gotten used to feeding them dead rats and leftovers lol.

[@ApostleOfDarkness]

Ignorance is bliss

[@secrets.295]

Malaysia is very important in the ASEAN region. Investors should realize this and take opportunities to invest. Washington should also engage more with Kuala Lumpur and ensure that Malaysia will never fall to China grasp.

[@fayhay8011]

Agree,Malaysia has most of the Malay Peninsula which makes up the Melaka Strait.Considering Peninsular Malaysia has 26+ million population & most of them lives at Pantai Barat (west coast),Malaysia has more control of the Melaka Strait compare to Indonesia with their Sumatra island

[@manishshrestha7023]

Does anyone know the map they use? It seems like it shows which places are at a higher sea level than others.

[@jascrandom9855]

Combine a Satelite map and a height map. Profesional 3d modeling/animation Software can use the information from the height map to bump up a Globe map.

[@AyedYoutube]

probably because the busy guy behind this channel does not have time to reply to one of thousands of comments in this video

[@armanke13]

Not Google Earth? ehe..

[@AyedYoutube]

looks like somebody deleted their reply

[@TheSm1thers]

@@AyedKZbin He does if you ask on his channel discussion or for Q&As. I'm pretty sure he's revealed the source of his maps in the past.

[@giojacycadalzo752]

This will be interesting. Geopolitics as a whole is interresting. In our class we don't understand why we should speak English. No offense to them, but they lack the understanding of geopolitics that I do. Thanks to you, I could answer political-related questions more easily. English as an international language? I will say it's one of the effects of the soft power of the UK and US. Philippines being closer to China? I'll just explain the basics of geopolitical competition. At least they understand that no nation is truly free. Look at us, caught in the crossfire of the Second Cold War. However, they don't know the powers who compete. Well there are three: US, Russia, and China.

[@kingofthejungle4491]

It's more hard power than soft power. Use hard power first to conquer, subjugate, invade, enslave. Then gain economy supremacy from it. Once that happens, it's the language of money. That's how we're speaking English. None of these would happen without hard power.

[@crnel]

Indonesia standardized a form of the Indonesian language, which is taught as the official lingua franca for the whole large country, which holds the country together.

[@Eqcrw]

English is an international language due to the fact that it is easy to learn, highly descriptive and majority of the world can at least partly understand it; like most of South America and Europe.

[@azhadial7396]

+Equinox Crew English is the international language due to the fact that the United Kingdom created the biggest colonial empire in the world and they implanted their language in their colonies. It is not easy to learn, it is easy for europeans (and old Spanish, Portuguese and French colonies inhabitants) because they speak closely related languages with a similar grammar but English phonology is quite hard, its grammar is not hard but it is not that simple and English is all but highly descriptive, the only really descriptive feature of English is its wide array of tenses, and many languages have more tenses than English. English is the international language only for historical reason. If it weren't the case, then Esperanto or some made-up auxiliary language would be the world's language.

[@crnel]

Equinox Crew Indonesia was a Dutch colony all the way up to when it gained independence, so Dutch was the colonial language. To this day, many elderly Indonesians speak Dutch as one of their languages, not necessarily English.

[@EastAtLeast]

"Since Thailand shares no border with China, the government in Bangkok is less fearful of Beijing and embraces Chinese investments", not sure if thats a smart move. Beijing doesn't do deals that doesn't stack in favour for themselves.

[@ThePowerofYeti]

I don't know, how many times, I must have seen the Link to your Channel over at VisualPolitik and not klicked it... Better late than never! Instant Subscribtion!

[@senjahari8941]

ASEAN 1967 (Malaysia , Singapur , Indonesia , Filipina and Thailand )..

[@tyy123]

Il ne of the best reports you ever made, great great effort. Thank you

[@teukurajahitam8225]

Hello from Aceh Indonesia :)

[@thegirlinthelibrary5006]

Baru kali ini nemu orang aceh yg ngaku Indonesia

[@salisaimutz91]

@@thegirlinthelibrary5006 lu aja yg norak..ke Aceh sini...di sini saat HUT RI rame..

[@thegirlinthelibrary5006]

@@salisaimutz91. Alhamdulillah ifu yg ngerayain pribumi kan? Bukan transmigran?

[@glxxss4498]

@@thegirlinthelibrary5006 lu aja yg gak ngerti

[@thegirlinthelibrary5006]

@@glxxss4498 kasib tahu donk biar ngerti!

[@clayongunzelle9555]

I can't stop watching your videos, i can see why some governments would classify them as sensitive

[@worldfoxtravel4312]

♥️THAILAND ♥️

[@AstonMartinStig]

Wow amazing. Being from the area but raised and educated in the West, this was eye opening. As I am getting older, I have a deep yearning to reconnect with my culture and region of the world where my DNA came from. Has been making more trips to SE Asia and planning many more in the future.

[@illuminaticomfirmed6948]

Don't live here though, a giant ass monitor lizard crawled out of my drain and tried eating my dog, don't ask. Not to mention terrorists nearly kidnapped my mom. The West is far safer.

[@ChemySh]

oh and when rain season hits, a lot of cities would get flooded, which means unusual animals swimming out of overflowing sewers. I've seen 3 anacondas so far.

[@aksbeixhev]

Very interesting video. This is second time I watch this one. Impressive work 👍

[@shashidharshettar3846]

Hello SHIVAN “AMAZING SUMMARY OF S.E. Asia”. Thank you with Gratitude Held

[@terrybuchanan1]

damn, that was good. even beter then the 1st times i saw these two seperately

[@raffaelerechichi8170]

Thank you so much You have always been the best in all your documentaries Please keep up your good work

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

"should Malaysia fall into political instability" So. Pretty much every week then.

[@GoogleUser-wp6sg]

21:06: From Paris to Kabul? I coulndt believe it and looked up. The distance from Paris to Kabul is 5.581,22km and from most western point of Indonesia to West Papua, indegineous place of the papuan People, which is located in the East of Indoesia is 5,120 km. What a huge country.

[@no_more_spamplease5121]

When you read about Brazil dimensions, you'll be surprised.

[@fandiebjb115]

im banjarese from borneo, indonesia 😊

[@nemron7218]

Thank you caspianreport from philippines.

[@tomkelly8827]

USA dropped more bombs on Laos in the 70's and 80's then they did on Germany and Japan combined during the second world war! What? Are you serious? When the hell did they declare war on Laos? What did Henry Kissinger have to do with it? Really interesting video, thanks for sharing

[@shreyvaghela3963]

Tom Kelly yes it is true. Kissinger was a real piece of shit

[@Booklover138]

Google the secret war Henry Kissinger and you'll see.

[@angelsusannoy899]

*IndoChina* Thailand 4:44 Vietnam 7:00 Cambodia 10:00 Laos 11:00 Myanmar 13:00

[@Stadtpark90]

20:57 interesting facts about Indonesia

[@heshistamps3108]

Thank you. This was really well done. I liked the image’s you used. It’s was cool seeing different architectural styles of other Country’s.

[@thatkoalabear]

Cool video but you have missed out on a number of facts for Singapore and that linear thinking of what we need to do for our future is hovering on immaturity. Understandably so since you do not live here. Our military is more than just having the finest hardware and technology, it is also about adaptation and maintenance of a high level of inter-operability of technologies including backwards compatibility if necessary. We have military bases and training facilities with our allies in the US from Idaho to Arizona to Louisiana, in Southwest France and South Africa, in India, Thailand, Brunei, in Malaysia and Indonesia, in WA and QL of Australia, where we can conduct joint training exercises whilst being prepared for combat in different types of lands, forages, air precipitation and other conditions different from Singapore. Our assets in these overseas territories can also act as an expeditionary force if necessary. However, besides our military readiness, power and might, that is not what allows us to punch above our weight, it is our ability to foster genuine bilateral relationships with other countries and work towards continual peace, human rights and the rule of law. And btw we have been friends with the US for a long time enjoying bilateral FTA including allowing our ports to be used by the US navy freely for decades so pls get your facts right. Also, please search up the “five powers defence act” we are not just what you see like a small 780 square kilometers of land there is more to life than obvious tangibles

[@pooja350]

Thank you for covering my side of the world!