The making of an Asian NATO

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh 😑

[@amitkumarsingh1709]

Please make video on USA and China future rivalry in tech ecosystem like Al ,5G & space

[@RIDDLESWORTH]

The sleeping dragon sits on a den of gold =))

[@leanderbarreto6523]

Where are your sources

[@angelolorilla2050]

@@RIDDLESWORTH Fafnir would like to have a chat with you.

[@sli-fox]

POTATO: Pacific Ocean Tactical Alliance Treaty Organization

[@WheelOfThought]

😂😂😂😂

[@SketchingHands]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@isaiahsmith7123]

Yessss!!!!

[@_Yan_.]

😂

[@Liboch]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@senorswordfish6019]

CaspianReport: *posts a video* Everyone: automatically turns into professional political scientists and 5-star Generals

[@darioguerra3065]

My second major is poly Sci so these vids are always interesting

[@angryyoungman4389]

Chyna is a Snake

[@bonnypop5764]

I'm not going to lie about 1 star jeeze

[@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice]

lol

[@watermirror]

The times enabled ppl around the world to become experts on multiple fields whether we like it or not 😆

[@zhuofanzhang9974]

Why would India, Japan, and Australia form an alliance? Because they all drive on the left side of the road

[@animeee4380]

Because they have nothing to do

[@wangxs]

talking about driving on left side, that's a legacy of British empire. Don't forget US, India, and Australia were all former British colonies, and Japan was Britain's best Asian apprentice during the colonial era. They do share cultural affinity.

[@idnanali4668]

India and Australia drive on the right side just like the UK.....

[@lordtejas9659]

@@idnanali4668 umm No.

[@manwrite3955]

@@idnanali4668 OK....stupid!

[@MsBloodyFox]

"The balance of power determines the scale of peace" that was a great line!

[@yingfengxuan]

This is the reason why the world is in danger. China is becoming more and more powerful while US refuse to recognize China's position in the world, trying to contain China in a small corner.

[@anantambisht4895]

True

[@yunchenwang4075]

This is biggest junglelism BS brought to you by US propaganda. China is domainant power in Eastern Asia since beginning of universe. And when do people in ASEAN or Korea or Japan been mass killed and slaved? China is called “Central Kingdom” in Chinese for a reason.

[@NextFuckingLevel]

@@yunchenwang4075 ye we recognize your nation as central of all asia But not with your current government

[@steeldriver5338]

@@yunchenwang4075 What Fikri said. It isn't China that I (and most I believe) have an issue with; it's the government, and the actions that it has taken over the past five years or so doesn't help that rejection. They continue to burn bridges left and right as well, from Hong Kong, to their continued intrusion into Taiwan's airspace, to their unbaised claims in the South China Sea that infringe on the legal claims of other asian countries, their fishing fleets that are illegally fishing all across the globe, their territorial spats with literally a dozen countries, I could go on and on. I hate the CCP, and I look forward to the day when the party collapses. I do wish the people of China well though.

[@michaelkobylko2969]

"Four partners sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams." Has Shirvan been spying on me?

[@monarchistheadcrab8819]

*visible confusion*

[@yosshimaru7941]

Four some?

[@ishxyzaak]

talk about poliamory

[@jeil5676]

Good luck sleeping with china.

[@Mo-fl2qi]

Y r u geh?

[@ronagoodwell2709]

"Four partners sleeping in the same bed, but dreaming different dreams." Good one.

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

同床異夢

[@Shuforces1]

That's a saying. Shirvan didn't invent it.

[@Hirohito_iLoveYou]

@@TheGatsby1986 lol your analogy is spot on, I laughed 🤣👍

[@westrim]

@@Shuforces1 Caspian Report doesn't invent most of the quotable lines it uses. It's best to accept it as what the title says, a Report, aggregating many sources without taking the time to cite them all, which wouldn't necessarily lead straight to the conclusion of the report anyway. I think it's good for them to use these quotes, both because they're good quotes and because looking them up usually reveals information I hadn't known.

[@Shuforces1]

@@westrim Yes, yes, that's what I was referring to with my comment because apparently most people do not know that that is the case.

[@vikaschauhan3845]

When someone asks India : Do you like alliances ? India : I don't know, you tell me.

[@adriangaming4853]

Exactly dude. We're still confused.

[@adriangaming4853]

@ElectronicDev France pulled out of NATO ? When ? Are you talking about 1996 ?

[@nikhilprem7998]

What if we look for a binary alliance? Because then it will be better for our interests rather than a quad where India will continue to be bullied which ever side the balance of power is to shift. And we can look at the upcoming opportunities to our west as well!

[@nikhilprem7998]

@ElectronicDev yes I am aware of Indias fragile state, but look at it from china's side Pakistan is a broken state economy and pseudo nationalism. As for India, pessimistic approach: We lose the assumed war badly then how will the Chinese look to govern India? Or say oppression even then the world would be incredibly boring without Indians. Optimistic approach: they don't declare war on India and we are able to exploit Pakistans weak states, then we have a better position. Look at Chinese media mainly State controlled media's I heard they show India as a developing nation. West has to worry about China imo, and yes we cannot continue like this, I see opportunities in Indian market and potential corporates to which I have plans to look.

[@nikhilprem7998]

@ElectronicDev yes very true you seem very accurate 👍 And nice prediction. 👌

[@cerridianempire1653]

Me a Filipino after realizing my country is now a point of tug'o'war: *chuckles I'm in danger*

[@satoshigekkouga2892]

Your president is willing to sell your country to China

[@cerridianempire1653]

@@satoshigekkouga2892 yup I am in big danger now

[@damavito3346]

Indonesia will help Philippines no Matter what cuz we are Asean

[@cerridianempire1653]

@@damavito3346 can Indonesia fight China?

[@damavito3346]

@@cerridianempire1653 yes, because Indonesia have many friends

[@infernosgaming8942]

"Hmm, what do we call this new defense organization?" "Well, it's in the South of Asia, specifically in the east." "And it is a treaty organization." "I got it! SEATO!"

[@josephleonard6695]

SEATO has existed before

[@triatheraider1612]

@@josephleonard6695 yea but most of its member is european

[@Gamingetic]

I was thinking JUAI/JUSAI (Japan, United States, Australia, India) to mimic BRICS.

[@triatheraider1612]

@@Gamingetic I mean if its gonna EXPAND its gonna be a weird name

[@josephleonard6695]

@@Gamingetic why would they need a new bloc?

[@SamVeryard]

I think a more in depth look at ASEAN and how they are currently operating would be really insightful and improve my understanding of Asia a lot

[@Hession0Drasha]

I'd like to know if they are faring anybetter than the EU in fending off chinese influence. In the medium term they should be in a strong position, as the size of chinas consumer market falls with it's aging pooulation.

[@adlerzwei]

ASEAN is useless TBH. Having authoritarian governments and military dictatorships in a block is a recipe for desaster.

[@bachvandals3259]

@fa q I would love to hear where you got that from, they are still burning Chinese flags over here yesterday... Let me check, outside... Yub, they still hate the Chinese. The government is still issuing "prepare for war with our mortal enemy, the filthy northerners" decree out here. Even the Chinese in Vietnam hate China, what you said is such a foreign concept that i don't know whether you are joking or what.

[@paulsteaven]

ASEAN doesn't care about territorial disputes or any other internal problems of its member states, the organization focuses more on the region's economic gain and trade relations. And don't forget the "concensus" BS of that organization instead of the "majority vote" system. Ever wonder why its member states didn't voiced out their concern on each other's human right violation, domestic problems, military coup, etc. that is happening every decade in South East Asia?

[@huuphu17]

@fa q You have no idea what you are talking about or plain misconception on your part. Vietnam sides with NONE, if taking cold war context of the past, then Vietnam today is more similar to Austria during the cold war. Being neutral and let the other sides fighting each other is what Vietnam aiming to be.

[@RK-yu7mp]

Unlike 2007, the QUAD members seems far more intent on their commitments. I believe the standoff with India was a major part of this.

[@w0mblemania]

Australia has a more security-conscious government in power in 2021. Back in 2007, Australia had the Labor Party in power, with Kevin Rudd as the PM. Rudd is a China apologist, and regularly goes on the left-leaning public broadcaster (the ABC) to denounce Australian antagonism towards China.

[@w0mblemania]

@@dinodonk4448 Thank you, Xi. Say hi to the rest of your kind over at the Guardian and ABC.

[@RK-yu7mp]

@@dinodonk4448 Are you assuming China and Russia aren’t doing everything they can to undermine the US?

[@recx2012]

Huge part. China was trying to stir India up with their territorial disputes. Also, back then, US would strongly support India, Japan, and Australia’s moves against China under Trump. Russia even supported this move since China was also messing around with Central Asia which is clearly under Putin’s sphere of influence. But with Biden’s clear conflict of interest, the Quad might be greatly compromised.

[@petergilkes4391]

@@w0mblemania How sad! How dare he not go on totally Fascist Sky News?

[@chris7263]

What an uncommonly wholesome origin story to a potential alliance.

[@user-fg9ql5rw7v]

as a person who work at 中国共产党 i say that everything we talk are actually true, you guys has been brain washed by the rest of the world ,Mongolia are actually made in china and Mongolia invaid the russia so the west were originally born by china and the east are also owned by china because they are asian

[@AgneyK]

@@user-fg9ql5rw7v sure mate

[@konstantinostourl1722]

@@AgneyK Dude it's a troll, there are actually mistakes in the spelling Edit: Also translate his name lmao

[@user-fg9ql5rw7v]

@@AgneyK to understand china more watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqPcipaefphngKc

[@user-fg9ql5rw7v]

@@konstantinostourl1722 to understand china more watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqPcipaefphngKc

[@krisr.9105]

“The balance of power is the scale of peace” bro, that was poetry

[@tahahagar7664]

What does it mean??

[@nomadiccheese4911]

@@tahahagar7664 it means that when countries have a "balance of power" (I.E. all of them have equal strength) than peace will be achieved as no one is capable of out-balancing the scale to their favor.

[@goosenuggets9693]

@@nomadiccheese4911 That's not true at all, there have been countless times in human history where a nation of equal or lesser power has attacked another nation.

[@alfredsanders9493]

That'a assuming there isn't anyone who would benefit from tipping it to one side.

[@nomadiccheese4911]

@@goosenuggets9693 im just guessing what the sentence means... not saying that its full proof tho.

[@lucadegregorio5189]

This decade is gonna be a whole lot of fun...…..grabbing popcorn intensifies.

[@b2as302]

fun indeed, for europeans/americans. As an Asian, or more specifically, Hong Konger, it saddens me that America isnt taking a more active role Asian Pacific. Instead, it chose a more passive way of containment. Of course, conflict with China will be very costly and potentially cause many destruction and huge damage to the global economy, but the Biden administration so far has done very little in my eyes

[@jacopofolin6400]

@@b2as302 rip, but in general Europe and American could do nothing for Hong Kong

[@electro6202]

@@b2as302 for me personally i feel no matter what happens war is gonna start anyway so its rather the us starts it or china does once they are certain they can win. To be honest we could have had peace today is the allies (uk and france) in ww2 wasnt shitting in their pants over the ussr thanks to what they started they have to finish it when it could have been a much less bloody battle then if one starts in the future considering back then no country would have been able to take the uk france and us all at once with a very unstable country

[@jonb914]

@Hernando Malinche See post above.

[@HamishDuh2nd]

@@b2as302 Yeah, that is shit bro. All I could really say to Hong Kongers was get out while you still could.

[@n00bnetrum]

"The balance of power are the scales of peace" Deep, man.

[@LK-cq4qq]

Pls Explain

[@murderofcrows2179]

"balance of power are the scales of peace" are WEAK BARS. 1. there is no internal rhyme structure; 2. scales of peace has no meaning and the only thing similiar are scales of justice but that would be irrelevant so no punch line here; 3. balance of power and scales of peace mean the same thing so nothing new is introduced and no relationships are referenced, so WEAK BARS.

[@user-fg9ql5rw7v]

as a person who work at 中国共产党 i say that everything we talk are actually true, you guys has been brain washed by the rest of the world ,Mongolia are actually made in china and Mongolia invaid the russia so the west were originally born by china and the east are also owned by china because they are asian

[@noahnoah2747]

@@user-fg9ql5rw7v hmm. Any English sources on this theory?

[@mkbt557]

@@noahnoah2747 its a bot dont listen to it

[@Joker-yw9hl]

What's also interesting to me is how France and the UK intend to rotate carrier deployments to the South China Sea based from forward British bases in Brunei and Singapore in the Straits of Malacca. I think it's worth mentioning as both navies are notable additions to any allied force in the region

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@Ryan Chrison UK*

[@djtan3313]

Go home, white man.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

@Ryan Chrison Look it up

[@lagrangewei]

@@Joker-yw9hl UK lost it bases decade ago. UK has no money and is a joke. it carriers are useless. it like a person with a handgun flexing in front of a person with a machinegun. besides, no one is idiotic enough to declare war on a nuclear power. NATO doesn't even have the ball to do anything to Russia and Russian economic is a shadow of itself. beside, if Europe pick side, China will do the same, would europe like chinese carriers to visit russian port? european should think carefully, the chinese has yet to commit to any alliance, forcing them to do so would be the stupidest thing european can do.

[@spartannerd1]

Just this year, china launched enough tonnage than the entire tonnage of the UK navy. Their economies are too small to make much of difference and would get wrecked in the south china sea

[@adityaalvinachmaddhani3196]

Watching this as an Indonesian and seeing my country as a potential battleground Me: Sweating nervously

[@ayush21399]

Don't worry, mostly it will be in sea..

[@ferdiankhu]

@@lalitadityamuktapida5737 because Indonesian are Indianized about a millennium ago... Most of Indonesian before 1500 are Hindu or Buddhist, so there are still Hindu or Indian trace in Indonesia (and therefore The name of Indonesia itself....)

[@somethingiswrong9789]

@@lalitadityamuktapida5737 lots of indonesian has sanskrit as their names, its in our history

[@MsHarunaMoon]

Dont worry Indo and China are bffs at the moment they just have a little spat regarding maritime borders. China is Indonesia's biggest trade partner you literally feel China's influence.

[@somethingiswrong9789]

@@MsHarunaMoon for now yeah Indonesia is neutral, but with the increasing tension, especially in the natuna sea, it's only a matter of time

[@digitalhermit8928]

I'm just picturing all four getting together like the power rangers

[@Giganfan2k1]

@Lawrence Weston US?

[@comradealex85]

Look up Battle Fever J, and your almost there

[@just_dmitri3192]

@Lawrence Weston Shut up Lawrence

[@digitalhermit8928]

@@comradealex85 the plot sounds almost like pacific rim

[@tachy1801]

Bollywood, make it happen !

[@JoshCaiLovzu]

TOMATO: Trans-Pacific Oceanic Millitary Treaty Organization

[@sebastianjoyce3090]

What's A

[@RafiOmar83]

"Four partners sleeping in the same bed, but dreaming different dreams." Dude, your videos are already fascinating, and your presentation is the best for any channel dealing with geo-politics. You just got a new subscriber. Keep it up.

[@JG-my9mj]

I found it interesting that South Korea wasn’t mentioned in either the Quad or the secondary alliance. Surely it has enough economic weight to make a contribution.

[@bhbhbhbhbh3]

More concerned with thier Northern neighbour I assume, if they go against China china will join North Korea. Any action will reignite tensions or even war which south Korea desperately doesn't want due to the short range damage that could be done by North Korea.

[@paulsteaven]

Aside from focusing on North Korea, they are actually more concerned on the military building program of Japan since Korean Coast Guard can handle well any Chinese incursion inside SK's EEZ. Just look at the current shipbuilding program of ROKN, they build ships as a response to JMSDF's new ships. ROKN's projected light aircraft carriers is their answer to JMSDF's upgraded and F-35B capable Izumo class "destroyers", ROKN's new diesel-electric subs is their answer to JMSDF's Soryu class subs, etc.

[@hatershate6911]

ITS PRO CHINA, WHEN IT SIDED WITH US LAST TIME ITS GDP SHRANK SO MUCH , PEOPLE STOPPED BUYING GOOD MADE FROM SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES LIKE SAMSUNG, LG,HYUNDAI ETC.

[@smitmahajani7663]

South Korea will focus on balancing USA and China. However, it was indeed part of a recent Quad Plus meeting which had the 4 core countries of Quad, plus New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam.

[@paulsteaven]

@@smitmahajani7663 the Philippines will definitely join the future Quad plus meetings after we kick those pro-China politicians that is currently running our country, Indoneseia might join too if China keeps on fishing and violating Indonesian EEZ.

[@viktornicht260]

Legend says shirvan hearts super early comments

[@corneliuskuhl2731]

Appears as though the legend is true

[@albinakemet2728]

Not early

[@klytouch5285]

( how can you teach me..?? )

[@bugbuster8598]

THE PROPHECY IS TRUE!!!

[@khinev3128]

Well played

[@MrPeaceGuy54]

Namaste and love from India and I hope that peace and love prevail in the world!🙏🇮🇳

[@shantanupandey5174]

Y want peace?

[@bainbridgereflex5987]

Why want peace,when we can have war

[@WheelOfThought]

@@bainbridgereflex5987 that's why we developed nukes bruh!

[@bainbridgereflex5987]

@@WheelOfThought right on bruh! Go with the nukes😁

[@aryansharma9135]

@@bainbridgereflex5987 we should expect peace but if someone tempts us then we should give them back

[@samuelboston5121]

Excellent and comprehensive commentary as always. We love to see it

[@ravikiran6506]

Last time I was this early Taiwan still had the UNSC seat🥲

[@jaredgarbo3679]

Huh?

[@triatheraider1612]

Oof

[@brethartaquino3976]

They are also China but separate government with Mainland China.

[@albinakemet2728]

Not early

[@XMalevolentPandoraX]

What a shame. They were the first nation to acknowledge the Covenant presence at Harvest. Without them, Earth is doomed to face the same fate as Reach....

[@SpottoBotto]

Don't mess around with our superior Emu army!! 🇦🇺

[@angryyoungman4389]

Lots of Love for Australia!!🇦🇺🇮🇳

[@just1689]

Don't forget the danger noodles, angry handbags and ferocious 8 legged beasties

[@SaadKhan-hv6eq]

ummmm u don't own the emu army u actually got defeated by it ;P but still that shows it's a force to be rekoned with

[@Klyce]

Heck yeah! I remember y’all lost two wars against the emus. I doubt many nations could face such an unstoppable force. We should draft them into the Quad

[@quasar7055]

A country surrendered to bushfire, seriously?

[@Kasaaz]

I definitely appreciate when you do multiple videos on a region like this. They all add context to the others. I imagine it makes the research more efficient as well.

[@sdagoth3037]

When I consider the low level of commitment the major European nations have to NATO, I start to think that we, the US, should leave Europe to fend for itself and focus on the Pacific, and strengthening ties to Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, and any other interested parties.

[@lanceroparaca1413]

Europe Is getting tires of following the US on useless campaigns. They would probably ve better off on their own dealing in a more delicate way with Russia.

[@sdagoth3037]

@@lanceroparaca1413 I'm sure Russia is quaking in its boots at the thought of Europe dealing with them in a delicate way.

[@piotrd.4850]

@@lanceroparaca1413 Europe - or EU to be precise - thinks of itself as fourth Rome (Russia thinks of itself as third one), shining city on the hill and preaching to the world. To rest of the world, though, it looks like an bumbling, impotent idiot mumbling something in the corner. It is addicted to Russia's hydrocarbons and raw materials as well under significant political influence of Russia.

@@lanceroparaca1413 they should then try

[@lanceroparaca1413]

@ they are actually trying. The Americans are the ones warmongering. Even the Ukrainians tell them to calm down.

[@wingmanIn]

India, Australia and Japan can form an alternate supply chain of goods to counter China. India has work force, Australia has raw material including lithium which is going to be in high demand in coming years and Japan had technology. Also Indian soft power extends to South East Asia as both regions share Buddhism and somewhat similar history.

[@Sathish_12]

Partner with china to counter china, what do you mean bro?

[@wingmanIn]

@@Sathish_12 my bad, edited

[@manuelcamacho1494]

The title was so unexpecting that I was automatically intrigued

[@illyrian44]

Then probably this channel is not for you

[@TheSilentCartgraph3r]

@@illyrian44 You are wrong

[@illyrian44]

@@TheSilentCartgraph3r I am not "wrong", the idea of an Asian "NATO" has been floating around for decades and it will never be a thing. Caspian is not a prophet and he has been wrong multiple times before, the latest in conflict in the Caucasus.

[@illyrian44]

@ODA 595 India is too big and too powerful to become an American puppet. Let me tell you something, do you know why NATO still remains "coincidentally succesful" even after almost 80 years of its creation? I'll give you a hint, you remove the US from that alliance, and all you have is a headless chicken per se. NATO in itself is a tool for America to control their sphere of influence, so in no possible scenario can India become such a state.

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

@ODA 595 India has always had a closer relationship with Russia than the US. For good reason. Russia has been a much more reliable ally through the decades, whereas Uncle Sam's behaviour has always been highly opportunistic. They've even favored our arch enemy Pakistan when it suited them, not to mention have sanctioned us before too. Our eyes are open!

[@TheAureliac]

Once again, Shirvan brings us perspective on a topic most of the U.S. has never even heard of. Thanks.

[@conradleviston]

In Australia we are very aware of the Quad, but I still found Caspian Report's perspective interesting and informative.

[@TheAureliac]

@@conradleviston It is one of my favorite channels because I always find it interesting and informative.

[@samrobin233]

Learning so much. Thanks for the great content!

[@royxeph_arcanex]

I honestly believe a country that will have a *SUPER* vital role in this region is Singapore. Singapore is basically a hotel lobby full of Chinese, Indian, Malay, and western guests all together, and it proved its geopolitical vitality when Trump and Kim had their Singapore summit a few years back. The unique demographics, colossally important geographic location and position in global economy, small but _very_ well-groomed armed forces, and reputation of basically "The capital of Southeast Asia", will in my opinion make Singapore a key player. Shortly speaking, this scramble for S.E.A is gonna give Singapore a lot to leverage, and I highly doubt they won't.

[@B_Cleric_Time]

Singapore will be the 21st century version of Berlin in my opinion. Just teeming with spies as it plays to both sides

[@ahmadsolehyn295]

@@B_Cleric_Time as a singaporean, i hope it will not come to that. Its like walking on a land mine and making the place be filled with fear. However, i do really hope we are able to repel china's influence as much as we could. Nothing wrong with the people and the culture but its their government i do not trust

[@user5812]

The food in Singapore is amazing

[@BlazinNSoul]

Before China takes over wishful thinking. I would agree with you normally here. But considering the 5 thousand pound gorilla in the room. I'm not holding my breath here but Singapore I think does have a lot of potential.

[@maiahkatrinaminahotbabes6943]

@@ahmadsolehyn295 so what do you mean Singapore was neutral just like Switzerland it will not have battlefields spark against enemy superpowers.

[@derkach7907]

Usa:"we have formed the anti China league" China:"can I join?" Usa:"..."

[@Yugoslavz]

Lol just like when the ussr tried to join NATO

[@KonoHarpDa]

Soviet Union: First time..?

[@VashtheStampede007]

The US tried to join SCO as well.

[@ichiroyamada1901]

This tactic is more common than you think. Years ago Indonesia tried to join Melanesia Spearhead Group, an organisation which one of their focuses is the liberation of West Papua. After bribing Fiji government Indonesia successfully entered the organisation, and it caused the member to loss trust to each other. Make them rot from the inside.

[@ozsharpener]

TBH that is an authentic Chinese way of thinking and they did so. The US will need to financially pay more, of course real financial concessions on assets, market opening, taxes, etc., (No, not the massively printed Dollars), to break this kind of strategy. Unfortunately Biden can't afford it in the context that even for US Navy they have to shrink scale of the fleets. So he received a bunch of empty promises without achieving any agreement of practical measures against China with the so called allies at the G7 and NATO summits.

[@-funmachine-]

Love your videos, thanks for everything you all do!

[@khold15]

Really great video. CaspianReport is one of my favorite KZbin channels!

[@marzappel8858]

“Four partners sleeping in a bed, but dreaming different dreams” 😳

[@ayushgaur9506]

Actually that's very true

[@RM-el3gw]

Lately every caspian report video has at least one of these deep one-liners lol

[@JayJay-wf2oe]

It's a reference to the Chinese phrase 同床异梦 which fits the scene really well, since we are talking about China right here

[@ayushgaur9506]

@@JayJay-wf2oe Can u elaborate what is it all about

[@marzappel8858]

@@JayJay-wf2oe yeah. Could you please explain. I’m very curious what those characters mean in English

[@nabeelahsan504]

I legit was pondering the possibility of the same thing a couple of days ago. Glad to see that you’ve made a video on it!!!

[@thiccpasta8589]

A good video once again. And the saying about a political idea's shelf life is so true on so many levels!

[@alexcochell690]

Shirvan you did it again! Thanks for the video. This is a huge policy interest of mine. We shall see what happens.

[@atlas-vista]

When you miss a Caspian report video then realize he's just posted one 3 minutes ago 🤓🤓

[@hughjass1044]

A new Caspian Report video - the BEST way to start your day!

[@wilhelmbittrich88]

When a Caspian Report video comes out on a Friday, it's the perfect way to kick off my weekend!

[@Milos.L]

I love these videos, sometimes they correct my assessment and others they verify certain assumptions... thanks for your hard work! 🙏

[@nathaniellong4281]

I was hoping you would mention all the other nations in the area, not just the 3 regional members of the Quad. Good job! I've only watched a few of your videos, but I'm enjoying all of them so far.

[@Royalmerc]

This is going to be one heck of a cold war. Hopefully things won't get to desperate. Great vid as always.

[@knoahbody69]

The Chinese will back down, search China's Population Problem, you'll see several videos on why.

[@imhimdk1785]

@@knoahbody69 can you link one

[@cameronlevers231]

@@imhimdk1785 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIXFen-BZcurers m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2XUd4mrjaqYY5o

[@johnl.7754]

Things won’t get serious until there is a bad economic recession/depression then nationalism will be used to stay in power like China attacking Taiwan.

[@sven5069]

@@knoahbody69 china is already taking measures to reverse that, so that wont be a problem for long

[@dustinallen5892]

Great vid. Love all your content

[@dustinbelle3251]

Great analogy at the end!!

[@cakdwik2050]

Shinzo Abe is so visionair. He know his neighbor will be an asshole. He plan this from 2005. Brilliant

[@fusion_flicks95]

China still cries about how they were defeated by the Japanese.

[@PyroManiac637]

Could you do a video on the geopolitics of Indonesia? I think it would be a very interesting topic.

[@bornstar481]

He talks about Indonesia in his south east Asia videos

[@pemoedabahagia9149]

He already did. Just browse his videos.

[@deniahmadhendra8842]

Indonesia and also ASEAN countries are in the middle of the theatre.

[@ImwithKyle]

More Caspianreport! Please and thank you 🙏🏼

[@MrJatan90]

as always , loved the vid!

[@josemiguelsaldana3033]

Your content is always most welcome

[@elconnidam2467]

One thing to mention that Indian FM Mr. Jaishankar recently said that QUAD is not an 'Asian NATO', and it never had that mentality

[@nurnur-qo5sx]

So what is that?

[@PatrickBatefan]

@@nurnur-qo5sx economic containment, intelligence sharing , issue based coalition of the willing.

[@alimaniac1959]

Thats what he thinks. Both America and Japan sees it as a Asian NATO. Australia sees it as a protection belt to retalitae against China

[@rajeshnokhwal870]

Unofficially it is Asian NATO. What is said is only to keep Russia calm.

[@grisellegomez1698]

I love your videos. Well-researched, gripping and well-conveyed. It also keeps me sane because unlike in mainstream news I finally get a clear gist of international geopolitical intentions.

[@blackstrom7473]

Chinese rule the world Soon you will be under dragon

[@Doochos]

@@blackstrom7473 No, they don't. And under a jackboot would be more apt.

[@reichtanglevictor1694]

@@blackstrom7473 go read more Winnie the Pooh fanfiction

[@blackstrom7473]

@@reichtanglevictor1694 soon you see it The new reset button brought by Biden Will make America a gay and woke country

[@jk35260]

I like the creative and yet apt analogy used.

[@abilix]

Much appreciated your insights of the South East Asia region...

[@khanguyen4868]

“Vietnam will be a 2nd tier ally.” Vietnamese: *stares in neutrality* 👁👄👁

[@viklondon3466]

China has nonlove for Vietnam. It would make it a colony if it could

[@chaitanyatoraskar6810]

They would force Vietnamese To become more chinese

[@wolfy6223]

@@viklondon3466 Nah,only the government. There is some normal Chinese people love Vietnam like me.

[@WiseSilverWolf]

Wasnt Vietnam a vassal of China at one point like Korea? I believe I saw somewhere that a Chinese general escaped China and formed a new kingdom in another Asian country and then swore loyalty to the Chinese Emperor as a vassal.

[@doobas2171]

@@wolfy6223 only the gov? Lmao, your people are indoctrinated and want to conquer Vietnam, and even if it was just the gov, they are autocratic and can exert immense power on Vietnam and make their life hell, so dont downplay it

[@gabbagabbahey4928]

Japan and India signed a defence treaty in September 2020. India does have an interest in the east of Malacca, Japan. Japan needs resources like oil which would be shipped past the Indian coast. This links their interests with Japan which has strong interests west of Malacca.

[@0fficialdregs]

officially a member of the channel :)

[@SullyOrchestration]

I feel like watching a world war 2 documentary. The only difference is that we’re living through it.

[@humanbeing2730]

yeah but shouldnt we do our utmost to stop this war? this time there is no nazi germany to be stopped. sure china has expanded its foreign policy goals, but they have not done anything remotely as bad as the US has over the years

[@Treviisolion]

@@humanbeing2730 We are not currently engaging in cultural genocide via internment camps rife with abuse and rape. The fact that the US committed similar things in the past in some of its territorial holdings and with its displaced Native American populations does not give China the moral ground to be doing it today. What the US did was wrong and most Americans recognize it and pretty much none would be ok with it happening today. China may not be Nazi Germany levels of evil, but the world was not aware of how horrible they were until the Nazis were defeated. Reports of the Holocaust were shrugged off and seen as a secondary concern to containing Germany’s territorial ambitions. Only later after soldiers saw the horrors that were caused by the Holocaust and the desire of the average person for wars to be for an implicit moral reason was the war framed as being primarily to stop Nazi Germany’s plan to take over the world and commit genocide against the “undesirable” races of the world. We have the reports today of human rights abuses in China. China is led by an authoritarian government who is even now finding ways to influence and interfere in the rights of individuals across the world. Mildly for now, but liable to increase in the future. I am not advocating for war, and if it comes to war it is far from guaranteed that the US and its allies would come out on top. Yet if we want to live in a world where we are not at the mercy of our overlords as to how much of our human rights we can enjoy, whether a change in the political situation must come at the expense of death or a peaceful election, is something that unfortunately is quite likely to lead much of the West against much of the East. The world is too big and too interconnected for two major ideologically opposed groups whose existence threatens the other, to coexist peacefully.

[@dustanhoff9292]

@@Treviisolion Well Said!

[@gamers-xh3uc]

@@Treviisolion have you visited china cause there is no abuse in china all of that is lies from the west get a flight to china and just see ig by yourself and you will see the usa is more racist

[@Treviisolion]

​@@gamers-xh3uc I'm not particularly interested in trying to get a flight to Tibet, and risking disappearance trying to get to the bottom of what is being done to the Uyghur people. You really think that the CCP is going to let me, some random American, independently investigate hypothetical internment camps to determine that yep there's totally nothing weird going on there? They don't even want foreign researchers coming just to help investigate the source of the coronavirus.

[@davidsf101]

These videos just keep getting better. Can't wait to see the next one.

[@dallascopp4798]

I like how China managed to ruin its relationship to what should be a natural ally for them in the region. Vietnam should have vendetta to be against everything American and Western, but they don't. Vietnam could easily help China have influence in the region, but they are actually leaning towards America because China wanted land along their border and now among their waters. China's continuous greed to revive the Chinese empire might prove to be their down fall, if they decide to prod the Russian Bear as well for "their" ancient land.

[@dhanashreek5872]

True, same with India, India is not interested to move towards USA due to it's friendship with Russia, but threat of China is pushing India towards USA, irking Russia our old defense ally In quad, USA is a low lying fruit due to current govt

[@gediminaskucinskas6952]

Vitnam have been invaded by China way much more times than america. For them ameracas invasion was just a very short break amon being constantly invaded by China. Believe me, vietnam has no warm feeling to china.

[@loks117]

vietnamese are not our natural ally, they are our colony and vassal state for 2.200++ years, so you are really wrong, and we dont ruined our relation with them, they never like us for like 2.200++ years, lol. stop trying to act like you understand geopolitics when you dont.

[@user-vx2fw7qe1n]

@Rio China wants to take over Vietnam, how is USA more greedy? Cause of influence? That is the superpower’s job, at least you still have your land, Vietnam is a American ally, deal with it

[@loks117]

once again i tell you, we never ruined our relation with vietnam, vietnam never like us since ancient times, they only become our colony and vassal state, it is clearly not an ally! nor we chinese wanted vietnam as our ally! so stop trying to portray us in desperate way, we never wanted to be vietnamese allies!

[@michaellaidner9326]

I don't think Indonesia would be interested to become 2nd tier alliance member because Indonesia and Australia particularly not in a good term regarding West Papua issues and 2013 espionage allegations

[@stijnhs]

I mean, if the Quad nations really want to make a statement towards China they might as well invite ASEAN as a group to the table

[@dogeofgreatness2222]

@@stijnhs but would Burma,Cambodia and Laos be willing to take a stand against China? If I am not wrong only Vietnam and Thailand are anti-China in the Indo-China/ mainand part of SEA.

[@141Travish]

ASEAN doesn't want any war in it's territories.

[@vpawa]

@@dogeofgreatness2222 that would be phillipines and vietnam. Thailand is still on the fence with the pro-China camp having the upper hand

[@philnightjar1971]

@@dogeofgreatness2222 I don't think Thailand and Vietnam are all out anti china. They still have to do trade, like any other nation does, to exist and provide well being to citizens. Yes we don't want China to push us around, but can our in the ASEAn economies function properly with war creeping in? Things may change in a snap in the future.

[@minelaw454]

"I am not waiting for the Sleeping Dragon to wake again , I am waiting for the Golden Bird to fly again" - Me

[@jatin2866]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@kimselmonun7312]

😎😎 only Indians can understand .

[@yodaiam9305]

go deal with your covid strain first and pray your people will stop stubbornly killing themselves

[@jatin2866]

@@yodaiam9305 STFU STFU STFU

[@yodaiam9305]

@@jatin2866 face the facts before deluding yourself

[@scorpioneldar]

A Very good video on the topic. I finished my senior thisis on this very topic during the first 3 months of the pandemic. lots of very good points here.

[@aweslayne]

Shirvan always strikes us with a smooth killer outro

[@sahilpandia8577]

Good information 👍

[@samcavanagh7993]

I gotta say shirvan you're a really good writer!

[@scottd7761]

Great video as always, Shirvan.

[@karthikraj917]

Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) In a move to counter China’s dominance of supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region, trade ministers of India, Japan and Australia have formally launched the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI).

[@arminius6506]

😂

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

SCRI is just an Australian attempt at weaning itself off of its sugar daddy. Won't make much difference to anyone but them. And as far as the quad goes, Australia is junior partner at best. As far as the rest of the world goes, Australia may as well not exist, replaced with just a big hole filled with earthy goodies. Or in other words, Australia really doesn't matter all that much.

[@arjunsheen]

@Jak Blogger China can't Challenge India in Indian Ocean Region. India is more than capable enough to deny access to any power around globe in Indian ocean with Brut force. Beijing is within range of Indian ICBM's. Its not a Chinese movie to do some fake Kung Fu.

[@mxn1948]

@@arjunsheen hahahahahahha, lets forget the chinese navy for a minute. the USN would like to talk about that "India is more than capable enough to deny access to any power around globe in Indian ocean with Brut force".

[@arjunsheen]

@Jak Blogger why Not ? India blocked US Navy 7th Fleet and Britain navy access to Indian Ocean in 1971 who try to help pakistan. To project power on the world's 4th powerful country with ICBMs nuclear submarines nuclear triad and world's best antiship missiles is kind of suicidal for US.

[@GabrielKakeKake]

Congratulations I loved this video

[@yesenlee1]

Man i love this channel

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

The 2nd tier link is called ASEAN and between China or the West, whoever wins ASEAN will win the geopolitical battle.

[@mxn1948]

ASEAN cant even decide between themselves. and it makes sense, for instance why the hell would thailand, who faces no threats from and has zero disputes with china and in fact buys chinese military goods stick its neck out for vietnam, whom thailand does not like very much for historical reasons.

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

@@mxn1948 it's more or less Indonesia that will be the biggest player there but definitely the disunity amongst ASEAN countries does present some problems

[@094_favianaldilla7]

@@PapaphobiaPictures lol no we are economic union, not military alliance. China invest a shit ton of money into Indonesia, that's why the public opinion of China in Indonesia is very positive.

[@PapaphobiaPictures]

@@094_favianaldilla7 yeah, but the economic investment is the soft power influence approach

[@djuragancheleng5397]

yeah it suck...

[@Israelyguy14]

Your english gets better and better, as does the overall quality of your videos. Great job.

[@conradleviston]

I remember a year or two ago thinking that Caspian Report should get a professional VO artist to get their content a wider audience. Now that idea appalls me. I am not sure if it's because Shirvan's English has got better, or I've just grown attached to his voice. It's probably both.

[@JK-pe4hr]

Hey man, Thanks for your video, it's been rly interesting and I am once again impressed by the quality and thoroughness of your analysis. Though I would like to point out that the sheer amount of advertisements makes it rly hard to enjoy it. I know that you deserve a monetary reward and may also need it, but it's rly strongly reduces people's ability to comprehend the information, to focus on your talking, and to enjoy the video. Apart from that, keep up the good work. Best regards, JK

[@jia712]

Makes sense why western nations have started recognizing Taiwan as an independent country lately and why China aims to take it over to avoid getting boxed in.

[@yerri5567]

jia812 No western country has recognised Taiwan as an independent "country".

[@yerri5567]

@@anjunadeep.8384 You talking to me or the OP? You didnt tag anyone nor specify who

[@yerri5567]

@@anjunadeep.8384 No worries all good. Hes spreading malarkey indeed

[@arabmann6891]

@@yerri5567 Taiwan is recognized by western as a country

[@yerri5567]

@@arabmann6891 "Taiwan is recognized by western as a country" Oh yeh? Quote me any Western government calling or claiming Taiwan as a "country". Bet you cant find Western country saying that.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

2:47 Man, I love those Ospreys. They make me feel like I'm in the futuristic post _Judgement Day_ world of _Terminator_

[@imurdered]

Lmao they are the least liked by military members, they are most prone to accidents.

[@cyborgvr2295]

Terminator 2 - 1992

[@BlueinanotherLanguage]

@@imurdered If that's the case, then are Venoms generally more preferable?

[@MrHammerman97]

Anyone here, is basically our future tacticians and strategists.

[@MrHammerman97]

@alfred lauridsen *HOI4 loads up*

[@bg3622]

@alfred lauridsen "why can't I click my preferred mana irl?"

[@bobbyhill1110]

Nope

[@pmathewizard]

Well I play Plauge Inc - Somewhere is China

[@galt67]

Outstanding presentation and graphics. The graphics (maps), in particular, were excellent to understand the points made.

[@murdo4243]

Nice wrap up

[@AlienAngel543]

"The balance of power is the scale of peace."

[@JB52520]

Then why is the US justified to continue dominating?

[@zkatom3773]

@@JB52520 Because the US is the lesser evil here.

[@AlienAngel543]

@@JB52520 Without an alpha predator in a system, disarray comes into play. The US whether good or bad has been about to maintain 'relative' global balance for about a century now. Like it or not, this is the world we live in.

[@user-rh5nd9zk9w]

@@JB52520 us had no rival power since 91

[@zkatom3773]

@@wasimmotorwala1677 Says the muslim.

[@MJ-1981]

Another great video. As an American I wish more of us paid attention to geopolitical events. If there is a way I can help let me know.

[@MsHarunaMoon]

Tell your goverment to stop propping up Israel at all cost that should solve the middle eastern issue.

[@angryyoungman4389]

@@MsHarunaMoon Tell Your Government to Stop selling Pakistani Gir|s to Chyna ! And Don't teach US what they should Do with Quad!😂

[@angryyoungman4389]

Let's Empower Quad More and More because we are on same boat! Love and Respect from India!❤️

[@Gorilder]

agreed.. it's frightening how little most Americans know or care about the wider world. We really need to be more informed when our government and tax dollars play such a large role in shaping global events.

[@Gorilder]

@@MsHarunaMoon , showing you don't know anything about the middle east lol. Even if Israel was wiped out tomorrow that region would still be in perpetual conflict.

[@azer_hashim]

Thank you too! Siz də sağolun!

[@Edge15555]

Good and informative

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

The Asian nato was sponsored by curiosity stream

[@VladislavDrac]

No, it's Raid: Shadow Legends

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

@@VladislavDrac I never thought about that

[@carlosandleon]

We shall take the North Atlantic.

[@thundermouth2504]

by * USA

[@leanderbarreto6523]

Asean is the key to quad

[@smitmahajani7663]

Definitely. That's why Quad countries have already built relations with key ASEAN countries like Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and Phillipines. Also, all countries in South Asia will also be important. This Quad grouping is looking to control the Indo-Pacific, so it'll extend from the coasts of USA and Canada, to the coasts of Israel. Especially since China is also looking to expand its sphere of influence in Middle East and Africa. Japan and India have already begun investing in Africa and Seychelles. France and Germany are showing more interest in this region, and I expect Canada to join later too. Middle eastern and African nations will play a key secondary role in this new "Cold War", similar to how Latin America and some countries of Asia did in the first Cold War. Right now however, the focus remains South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

[@lockheedmartin286]

Thats why everyone is investing in those countries , Japan is co-operating with all of those countries,India and Phillipines relationship is stronger than ever ,and US is also conducting war exercises with them

[@loks117]

@Kaushal Batavia thailand are playing both feets, singapore are basicly chinese and have warm relation with china, vietnam subjugated by us for 2.000++ years, indonesia are neutral, myanmar are pro china, laos and cambodia also pro china, brunei can't do anything just sit down and watch.

[@loks117]

asean are divided, pals. cambodia laos myanmar clearly pro china, thailand malaysia singapore brunei indonesia clearly neutral, phillipine current president are pro china, only vietnam are really against china. so keep dreaming. asean will never work well.

[@ajax4898]

fantastic video

[@Redsson56]

Excellent, informative on a complex and critical topic and very timely. Thank you. As you correctly explain Quad is short for quadrilateral a word derived from the Latin meaning four sides. The word Quadri means four in Latin. quadri has two syllables quad-ri. Quadrilateral has four syllables quad-ri-lat-er-al. So the correct pronunciation of quad is as one syllable. “ua” is voiced as one vowel sound. Given it is the name of a very international set of participants acting together I suggest we strive for clear communication and all pronounce it the same as one syllable and not as qu-ad which is of course two. Thank you again.

[@numenorian1161]

Love your content! Hello from Uzbekistan!!!

[@rejvaik00]

Hey there my Uzbek friend how's the pit to hell? Still on fire I hope?

[@numenorian1161]

@@rejvaik00 I have no idea what you are talking about...

[@numenorian1161]

@@rejvaik00 Oh, that thing is in Turkmenistan...

[@rejvaik00]

@@numenorian1161 well then how's the Uzbek cotton fields? Still vast I presume?

[@numenorian1161]

@@rejvaik00 Not as vast as before, given the problem of the Aral Sea.

[@zarketlarket9625]

Thanks Chevron ! Just finished the essay for uni and not 5 minutes later a video to watch !

[@shashlek5751]

Shirvan*😂😂

[@ddwkc]

Chevron, bring geopolitics analysis and gas to you!

[@introvertshubham315]

Great channel

[@luisesmilla7076]

Nice presentation

[@KameronAbear]

Who remembers when Caspian Report was sponsored by "Santa Barbara Chocolate"?

[@user-fg9ql5rw7v]

as a person who work at 中国共产党 i say that everything we talk are actually true, you guys has been brain washed by the rest of the world ,Mongolia are actually made in china and Mongolia invaid the russia so the west were originally born by china and the east are also owned by china because they are asian

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

@@user-fg9ql5rw7v 你在說什麼呀？英文太爛了。

[@ronagoodwell2709]

This has to be one of the best channels on youtube. Subject material is outstanding, and comments are better than average.

[@jueljohnson41]

KZbin comments aren't exactly a good bar to compare for quality

[@cerridianempire1653]

@@jueljohnson41 yeah

[@ronagoodwell2709]

@@cerridianempire1653 Okay. You two convinced me.

[@belugathevi9296]

It was nice meeting such great political scientists.

[@gators2728]

This needs to include S Korea, Vietnam, and Philippines.

[@BuRsTiNxMLB]

Those countries all prefer China

[@rajapaulrata5751]

South Korea does not like communist they even send almost 300,000 South Korean Soldiers in the Vietnam War to wage war against Communist North Vietnam. Vietnam Is Communist but hates China i mean China tries to subjegate Vietnam for almost 1000 years almost 20+ Wars were fought. The Philippines is still kinda tied to the West especially the U.S but many filipinos does not like China because of its Government. All these three nations mostly are Trade partners of China. But Diplomatically and Military and History? I dont think so. The Communist Scare is still kicking til this day in many parts of the world.

[@BuRsTiNxMLB]

@@rajapaulrata5751 lol I live in South Korea and I promise you they don’t give a shit about communism lol besides China isn’t even communist anymore

[@antonydecosta6262]

@@BuRsTiNxMLB i also lived for sone time in South Korea and they hate communism.. Don't lie.

[@Alex.af.Nordheim]

@@BuRsTiNxMLB imagine thinking south korea is pro china

[@WiseSilverWolf]

America could just shift manufacturing from China to India, both of them have similar populations and low wages.

[@babla69420]

I don't wanna work tho

[@sarthsingh3271]

Its happening!

[@WiseSilverWolf]

@Rio Or the USA could just send manufacturing jobs to Mexico like it has been doing for vehicles but im sure that India would prefer those jobs for their country instead.

[@kushagrapal8689]

That's the most sensible thing to do if they want to gain influence in South East Asia through trade but the problem is india does not have proper infrastructure for that. That's why we Indians need to up our game for that to happen.

[@WiseSilverWolf]

@Rio Yeah but the reason companies wont bring manufacturing back to the USA is because its not profitable enough for them with workers wages in the USA, have you seen how much workers get paid in China and India compared to the USA?

[@zzzanon]

Great video on the Quad. Thank you

[@funchable212]

Nothing but 🔥from our dude Shirvan