Every US Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Explained

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Geopolitical tensions rising throughout the world, particularly between the US and China as their budding cold war continues. In this video, we explain every US alliance in the Pacific region, how they might develop, and how they stack up against China.
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[@TLDRnewsGLOBAL]

At the beginning of the video, we imply that India is a small country. Obviously as many commenters have pointed out, this is nonsense: India is, by almost any measure, one of the largest countries in the world. What we were trying to communicate is that the final 3 alliances on this list are less substantial than the first 3; in other words, that India and US are t allies in the same way that, say, Japan and the US are. Apologies, these are errors we shouldn’t be making, and hope you nonetheless enjoyed the video!

[@shravans8041]

Yes that clarification is much appreciated. Also kudos for the swift response

[@acrux4556]

The people complaining about India's influence, look we made TLDR to clarify and rectify the error in minutes. That's called soft power 😂.

[@nothereandthereanywhere]

Personally, I have understood the implication of India being a "small country" in relation to US military and it's involvement in the region. Seems some people misunderstood the topic at hand the text linked to it.

[@AAAAAA-tj1nq]

ah those eight countries: Philippines, south korea, india, australia, uk, usa and japan try to organise an eight nation alliance and carve up China like during Qing dynasty

[@OrionTails]

​@@AAAAAA-tj1nq that's bullocks, the Philippines was minding its own business until China came. Couldn't say for the others, but that's how we feel.

[@davidblair9877]

3:55: I need to nitpick here. AUKUS specifically provides Australia with nuclear-_powered_ submarines, not nuclear-_armed_ submarines. Virginia-class subs are powered by a nuclear reactor, but they do not, as a rule, carry nuclear weapons. The advantage a nuclear-powered sub provides is the ability to stay at sea for far longer than a diesel-electric submarine, as nuclear reactors can run for years without refueling. It does not imply that said sub can wipe a city off the map.

[@chavita4321]

good shit my guy. thanks for the clarification!

[@christophemortier5878]

They've done that by betraying France and Europe

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Well if it holds comically large missiles it can😂

[@hughjass1044]

Agree. This is an important difference that too many people fail to make.

[@pierrecurie]

I've heard nuclear subs are also quieter.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Calling the Philippines a “minor alliance” when they literally have a mutual defense treaty with the US is frankly insulting.

[@paulsteaven]

Maybe he judged it based on the Philippines' weak territorial defense capability.

[@TheEightfoldWay]

The Western media is pretty consistently white supremacist, even to its ostensible allies outside Europe.

[@Oneiroi0]

​@@paulsteaven It's not weak if you know how hard it was to invade islands

[@magicboxhead9448]

It’s called a minor alliance because the Philippines is smaller, not because they have a less strict defense pact. If the Philippines had a military the size of South Korea they would be a major alliance.

[@darren5971]

You wouldn't be needed if war broke out .Don't start acting tough all of a sudden .All because Marcos allowed America back in .You had a little skirmish in Marawi , in which all you trolls mention .I'd break my sons legs if he had to fight alongside you people.

[@gurhanweyrah3930]

I think by “smaller alliance” to describe India 🇮🇳, he means the relationship is not as deep as that of Japan or South Korea which is true

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

India and US disagree on other things but agree China must be dealt with. This is different than Japan for example who often agree with all American points

[@akashbanerjee6272]

India has no alliance with the US. India does not get into alliances as of now. It s all about partnerships

[@scarletcrusade77]

@@akashbanerjee6272 They can't stay netural forever, Russia isn't a true ally to them when it comes to China. US and the west can prove better friends.

[@SelfProclaimedEmperor]

@@akashbanerjee6272 India most definitely has an alliance with the US. Its called QUAD, for now its just a intelligence alliance, which means we share information. US satellites have provided the info that have helped India defeat China's border assaults in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh.

[@kamelkadri2843]

India is in bed with China & Russia calling it a minor alliance is just like calling the CCP a friend

[@vaguelyvagrant9694]

It's not "pretty astonishing" that the Vietnamese have a favorable view of the US. Vietnam has a long history. The war with the US (and allies) was a blip in their history, but the Chinese not only invaded in 1979 but also occupied the country for about 1,000 years. That kind of history leaves a bigger impression of distrust.

[@jpablo700]

Americans left and also recognize the policy mistake. Let's see China admit its mistakes.

[@badluck5647]

Vietnam has gone to war with France, the US, Cambodia, and China. At some point, they have to find a friend somewhere now that the Soviet Union is gone. Russia is also a poor substitute as the country is now a Chinese vassal.

[@Ffourteen]

And let's not forget that the Americans didn't invade a sovereign nation that then rallied around the flag to throw them out. There was a civil war between the regime in Hanoi, supported by the latest Soviet hardware, and the regime in Saigon, who begged the US to intervene to protect them from said Soviet hardware. That means that many Vietnamese at the time viewed the Americans as allies who were protecting them. And just because Hanoi won, doesn't mean they were the most popular. Their own soldiers understood that the regime viewed them as disposable. They had a saying that translates to 'born in the north to die in the south.' Hanoi proudly announced it would lose ten men for every American lost. The Hanoi regime also considered anyone working for the Saigon regime to be an enemy of the state. When you start executing school teachers and sanitation workers just because those are government jobs, it tends to turn people's stomachs. They were also executing priests and nuns because they saw Catholicism as a hold over of French colonialism. These factors caused many Vietnamese to flee and now live in the United States. As relations improved people were able to travel to visit family, either going back to Vietnam or from Vietnam to the United States. These exchanges created a familiarity between the Vietnamese and the Americans that doesn't exist with the Chinese. I'm not saying Americans didn't do terrible things in Vietnam, or trying to excuse anything they did by making a both sides argument. I just want to point out reasons why the actual population of Vietnam might have a much higher opinion of Americans than people less familiar with the Vietnam War might expect.

[@kealeradecal6091]

There is no permanent friends only permanent interests.

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

​@@jpablo700 lol communist leader do not admit they made a mistake they just double down or silance anyone that speakbout

[@thetrison]

As a Vietnamese, I'm a part of the populace that would hands down support the US in any conflict scenario in the region. I live abroad, too, so a lot of my Western friends found this fact to be quite surprising, given they only learned about our countries' troubled past. HOWEVER, our government is very unlikely going to listen to the people on foreign policy, so when push comes to shove, they'll ditch the friendly facade towards the Americans and try to appease China as much as possible. The reasoning goes beyond the similar systems and ideologies our regime has with Beijing, it's about "not being able to choose our neighbors, so we must learn to live peacefully with them."

[@NotNXTr]

I second this. While on the outside we may be more friendly to the US than China, when the times comes for Vietnamese government to pick a side, It's unlikely that they'll pick the one that's ideologically and geographically distant to them, even if it means having to compromise. Afterall, would the US come to rescue Vietnam when we actually gets into a conflict with China? highly unlikely. The US is already reluctant when it comes to defending Taiwan, let alone a communist state that has little tangible interest with the US other than being "an enemy of their enemy".

[@awf6554]

​@@NotNXTr It's interesting to get your perspective. I think that if there was a formal defensive alliance with Vietnam the US would honour it. Particularly if it were part of a collective security group Similar to NATO. As an Australian I'd welcome Vietnam into a military bloc grouped for mutual defence.

[@hughjass1044]

@@awf6554 I would welcome and support such an alliance.

[@bounaia7373]

@@NotNXTr Vietnam is not a communist state

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

​@@bounaia7373 lol it a one party system

[@Ali-bu6lo]

Vietnam has been at war with the US ONCE, they've been at war with China more than ten times through their entire history. The Vietnamese positive attitude toward the US is not astonishing, it's a sign of ignorance and seeing everything from a western-centeric point of view.

[@ChrisVillagomez]

A lot of Western education doesn't teach the whole truth about things like Vietnam, WW2, etc. until you get to higher-level classes generally. It's not necessarily a higher-level class but for instance, until I think 8th grade I was taught that the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims peacefully survive the winter by showing them how to grow crops for instance. They left out that the Native Americans asked in return for some guns and some help to defeat a rival tribe or tribes, I can't remember. To most Americans, they think the Vietnam War was just as devastating to Vietnam as it was to the US, and it was worse for Vietnam than most people think I'd say, but the Vietnamese people already recognize that the current US is not the US that invaded them and that China is still very much a threat as it has been for thousands of years. A lot of Americans feel that the Vietnamese still hold a grudge against the US probably because they don't know how the Vietnamese fought the French, Japanese, French again, US, and then China for their own freedom and so to the uneducated, the US invasion is the worst conflict Vietnam faced apart from the Japanese invasion in WW2

[@Mgl1206]

It’s more so that history classss teach the Vietnam war in such a negative light of what we did that no one expects Vietnam to like us.

[@advancetotabletop5328]

In hindsight, the movies about US involvement in Vietnam were.a step backwards for US allying with Vietnam. :/

[@ucngocnguyen8938]

Don't listen to the self-proclaimed Vietnamese here. Most of them are members and descendants of the Republic of Vietnam regime who fled to the US, of course supporting the US. If they are not the above, they are also the minorities with distorted thinking and thinking. Vietnam implements the policy of "4 no" we do not choose sides in any war. We have a history of more than 4,000 years, we have fought against China throughout history not for the benefit of anyone. The Chinese are both friends and partners, and they are noisy neighbors who love to bully. We can quarrel with each other in each period of history and then work together to develop. PLEASE DON'T UNDERSTAND WRONG

[@aidenmiles0307]

I'm a Vietnamese native, and I know exactly why we're so pro-US rather than pro-China. 😂

[@falconking8294]

how is it possible considering that the USA is capitalist and china is somewhat a communist country and when did Vietnam become pro USA?

[@asianboy969]

ngl the aspect of we joining an US allied kinda worried me...

[@GretaThunderstorms]

because chinese are dishonest 😂

[@masterbaiter338]

Can you explain it why?

[@giantWario]

@@masterbaiter338 Thousands of years of bad history and conflicts. The US was a one-time enemy. China is their oldest and most bitter enemy by far. It's like Greece, sure they got invaded by Italy once back in WW2 but otherwise, Greece and Italy have a lot of reasons to be friends. But Greece and Turkey never have and most likely never will be friends.

[@mattschroeder3432]

my dad served during the Vietnam war. it warms my heart that were trying to work together now.💕

[@ydk1k253]

Still one of the most unnecessary conflict ever fought

[@gallectee6032]

After Vietnam's prospects have been ruined for probably a century, they don't have a choice. "After the Vietnam war was ended in 1975, the major policy goal of the US has been to maximize repression and suffering in the countries that were devastated by our violence. The degree of the cruelty is quite astonishing. When the Mennonites tried to send pencils to Cambodia, the State Department tried to stop them. When Oxfam tried to send ten solar pumps, the reaction was the same. The same was true when religious groups tried to send shovels to Laos to dig up some of the unexploded shells left by American bombing. When India tried to send 100 water buffalo to Vietnam to replace the huge herds that were destroyed by the American attacks -- and remember, in this primitive country, water buffalo mean fertilizer, tractors, survival -- the United States threatened to cancel Food for Peace aid. (That's one Orwell would have appreciated.) No degree of cruelty is too great for Washington sadists. The educated classes know enough to look the other way. In order to bleed Vietnam, we've supported the Khmer Rouge indirectly through our allies, China and Thailand. The Cambodians have to pay with their blood so we can make sure there isn't any recovery in Vietnam. The Vietnamese have to be punished for having resisted US violence. Contrary to what virtually everyone -- left or right -- says, the United States achieved its major objectives in Indochina. Vietnam was demolished. There's no danger that successful development there will provide a model for other nations in the region. Of course, it wasn't a total victory for the US. Our larger goal was to reincorporate Indochina into the US-dominated global system, and that has not yet been achieved. But our basic goal -- the crucial one, the one that really counted -- was to destroy the virus, and we did achieve that." (If you are wondering what "the virus" referred to above means, is: "to end any hope of economic development and social reform" "that might have infected other countries in the region and eroded the American system of exploitation and robbery." So Vietnam had to be smashed because allowing it to develop with a socialist system would prevent US capitalists from owning most of the country and hence extracting most of their wealth (which is why most countries aren't developing). Other countries in the region would then use use Vietnam's successful development as an example to develop their selves). As Smedley D. Butler states in his speeches and book, "War is a Racket". Aka, your capitalists are using your tax money to fund these "adventures", as well as working class lives (as marines and etc) to make their selves ever more rich.

[@189Blake]

Yay! Let's start an unnecessary conflict again but this time together!

[@absentmindedshirokuma8539]

@@189Blake yeah it's really unnecessary. If only china get out of South China sea, there wouldn't be any conflict.

[@galaxy1234]

War is the stupidest thing on earth

[@dustieboots546]

4:46 1,700 soldiers is wrong. If I remember correctly, its actually 17,000 soldiers from both PH and US with about 12,000 US soldiers.

[@Maslah111]

He does something wrong in every vid

[@captainsnakeye4495]

Nice pfp

[@levino4997]

South China Sea ❌️ South East Asia Sea ✅️

[@josuaerick9670]

You also forgot to mention that Indonesia had one of the biggest military drill with the USA, its called "Garuda Shield 2022" with the same intention of deterring China.

[@itwillhappen8150]

Just because Indonesia drilled with the US does not necessarily mean it is against China. For instance China drilled with Singapore and ASEAN recently. Other examples is China for instance in the Midfle East building a base in UAE, cooperating with Saudis.... The prob with the West is, you think in the 21st century you can play the cold War game of coming to tell others "hate the dude for me". That, I promise you, won't work. First check your own mistakes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia and find out what the world thinks of you. For instance, why countries like India and Indonesia refused to sabction Russia? Most Middle East countries, Latin America and Africa? Same would happen in case of military confrontation with China. People here talk as if the US has already won against China whereas the war has not even started

[@potatoeskimos]

Still not an American ally. Malaysia and Indonesia doesn't want to side with anyone. We don't want to be pawns to any superpower. We want to be our own superpower.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

You forgot that the Philippines has a mutual defence treaty and EDCA agreement with the US. Also, Australia is getting nuclear-powered submarines, not nuclear-armed.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Frankly calling the Philippines a “minor alliance” is insulting. They are literally they most pro US country on earth.

[@darren5971]

No fighter jets 1 frigate yes your minor

[@paulfri1569]

​@Jack Smith Red China is Satan's headquarters on earth 😈

[@my_other_side473]

​@@darren5971 were not talking about Military we're talking about Alliances.

[@ulikemyname6744]

Vietnam is not just a key regional ally but also a huge economic partner of the US. Few people know but it is actually Vietnam that has the US has the largest trade disparity with. About 10 to 1! Still Vietnam is a huge manufacturing hub and a balancing nation to China's huge labor force. Vietnam has everything to gain if they stand with the US aside from direct conflict

[@khoalechannel]

We played both side so we alway coming on top 😂

[@dadthelad]

"The country most concerned, is, no surprise.... the United States..." um, I was expecting Taiwan to be the most concerned about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, but hey, maybe I'm wrong lol.

[@janpiorko3809]

Many people don't consider Taiwan to be a country.

[@jimcally7916]

Taiwan is a Chinese Provence. China can only defend Taiwan from US interference.

[@havyn88]

Taiwan is concerned about reestablishing their corrupt government so that they can oppress the people of China again.

[@usslexingtoncva-1639]

Taiwan: Just another day

[@bart3030]

​@@janpiorko3809 yeah wanted to say something like this, Taiwan is by many not recognised as a country

[@britamericaball2505]

There is a mistake in the Philippines data. Obviously, the EDCA sites are not meant for missiles, they are not even fully-fledged bases, but mere logistics center for HADR and prepositioning of supplies and rotations of personnel. And the April exercise called Balikatan, its not 1,700 troops but 17,000 comprised of American, Filipino and Australian forces which includes a sinking of a decommissioned Filipino ship and missile firing from PATRIOT missiles.

[@yoj7590]

Actually they will become bases that's the goal of the agreement between the two nations

[@kennethbrian806]

He literally called them missile sites. Wtf we ban usage of weapons meant for wanging an offensive war.

[@enoshima6699]

The notion that the ph is a minor ally is clarifying to how misinformed this video is. The Ph is the oldest Asian ally. US CREDIBILITY relies on maintaining the PH one after the US abrogated the ROC mdt.

[@scalemodeltutor9841]

When war comes to us, those edca sites will become a full military base, trust me. All of these we hear and see, are just a ploy.

[@bethebullet6511]

Vietnam and US relations is the literal definition of "The Enemy of my Enemy is my Friend". The Vietnam war will always be the dumbest war in American History. The fact that the US turned down supporting Ho Chi Minh and then invaded after Vietnam was supported by the Soviets/China, is baffling. Ho Chi Minh never wanted the country to be communist, but was forced to take that path after Democracy turned him away.

[@mangonut]

⁠ the Vietnam war was done to appease Charles de Gaulle. He was openly seriously questioning the anti soviet alliance and was testing American to see how serious she was in defending the alliance’s interests. France cared about Vietnam for obvious reasons. Otherwise America would not have gotten entangled in Vietnam. However because of the soviets and de gaulle, The geopolitical consequences of entering into the Vietnam was worse than not, no matter the outcome

[@Mgl1206]

I think that was due to the French

[@user-SanderBrock]

​@@Mgl1206 De gay gaulle

[@apinezstats2237]

Huh? The Philippines and the USA literally have the longest existing mutual defense treaties and alliance among these countries, yet it's only categorized under "minor alliance"?

[@apinezstats2237]

@Jack Smith Nah, the PH-US mutual defense treaty started in 1951, the longest in the world.

[@apinezstats2237]

@Jack Smith sure, whatever makes you happy and comfy, pal.

[@ricardomadleno564]

@Jack Smith So bitter that The US and the west have such strong Allies spread around the world due to democracy and mutual respect can’t handle the fact that autocracies and dictatorships will never be able to have the same because of their autocratic policies. You are the ones hurting yourselves for keeping the same old destructive values and ideals of the 20th century one day you’ll developed just like we did don’t worry. It always takes more time for you guys to get there.

[@forgotten1s]

This is surprising but genuinely fascinating goodjob

[@galatheumbreon6862]

“Smaller Asian countries” *includes India* Me: *confusion*

[@lipun7568]

First they will ignore us Second they will bark towards us Third they will fight us Then we will win. Said by Father of India M.K Gandhi. Let them continue it is good for us

[@Jay_Kry5hom]

In terms of relationships to the US the others have a strong relationship with

[@pilferchan]

04:47 The military drills with the Philippines are called "Balikatan", and the 2023 exercises involved over 17,000 soldiers, not 1,700.

[@snooky3]

Bit baffled why China have become extremely aggressive, and then get mad other counties want to beef up cooperation and military packs.

[@user-ll5fq3tl1j]

I also wonder. I guess we need to read some history books.

[@sibimathen1451]

None of these Asian countries would even have cared, its Xi who is single handedly putting all this on steroids.

[@paulwei6596]

Wealth makes the vulgar lost its mind, by the vulgar I mean CCP which is not a real successor of Chinese traditional culture.

[@bart3030]

Because it makes it harder for them to conquer others

[@havyn88]

They need to get aggressive BECAUSE of the military pacts, the US have been building their foothold in East Asia and South East Asia right after WW2. The US straight up built military bases in Japan, right beside China.

[@zama372]

fortunately Indonesia is not involved, because Indonesia really wants to maintain neutrality, so therefore Indonesia will avoid conflict as much as possible

[@nyxiebrizto]

That wouldn't work unless you have a very strong and advanced military

[@INTJ791]

​@@nyxiebriztoshut up west, you know nothing about southeast Asia other than feeding west media

[@tytoalba4794]

​@@nyxiebriztoin this peace time it is very much possible however when the war happen let say in these 2020s or 2030s i don't think my country would maintain it's neutrality since the US would definitely force our involvement to block the Malacan strait at best... One thing is certain, time is in our side the later the war happen the more richer and prepare we are.

[@_knowledegedit-]

At first he said India is small country Offcourse he was British what we expect from them It must be better for us to sided with Russia rather than this At least Russian's respect us

[@vamsithunder9996]

Are you sleeping while writing the script , how can you say India is smaller country when it is fifth largest economy in world and mainly fastest growing major economy. you frequently make mistakes around countries which are not western

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@rainieresguerra-uw7on]

The Balikatan Exercise involved 17,000 soldiers. The biggest joint military exercise between the US and the Philippines ever.

[@abhishekdas2352]

Indian policymaker doesn't believe in alliance. We like to call our relations with United States regarding China as issue-based cooperation or temporary partnership. So as an Indian viewer, I would appreciate if you guys term India as Partner and not Ally or minor ally

[@adityamukherjee7038]

​@Jack Smith bat eater Chinese

[@itwillhappen8150]

You talking pragmatic. However, such a channel would nit because it is there to spread propaganda and to make everyone believe China is hated by everyone. Ain't saying China is a Saint but the US with its arrogance and constant democracy lectures is not either. A country that sows chaos all over the world and steals oil in Syria cannot claim to be coming to the rescue of others

[@vivekanandan5093]

@JackSmith-mk1ru porki bhikari

[@bonito34]

Buying russian blood oil is better yeah?

[@goldenG978]

​@@bonito34yes, as long as it serves our intrest

[@vasil.kamdzhalov]

India is not small nation in the region. It wasnt a good choie of wording that sigment.

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@Zafri-yr8xb]

thats indo pacific not asia pacific .

[@sayanbiswas757]

Typical American,, don't mind them... and many information here is not accurate and misleading (a bit)

[@hirenmehta9371]

How is India a smaller nation compared to South Korea? India is larger in size, population, nominal GDP, military capabilities, and is also a nuclear power.

[@dfsssfkfdfssdg]

Which means India is still developing countries which means less westernized. Because US, UK, Austrailia, Japan, South Korea are the first world countries.

[@vivekanandan5093]

@@dfsssfkfdfssdg first world countries with shithole dependency and meddling in internal matters of other countries... Yea only 1st world idiots can waste money and lives on Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria etc and still face defeat🤣

[@Sreeraj-ii7us]

@@dfsssfkfdfssdg less westernised? Is that the measure of development? Btw west developed because of looted wealth from India and Africa.

[@naveenb9255]

Yeah, India doesnt have any influence but still the west wants them 😂

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@TheRealTopG01]

always remember they are not your friends, china may be a bad country but they are no good

[@anaconda2371]

People not understanding why Vietnam and US have favorable relations display a fundamental lack of understanding of what happened to Vietnam after America left.

[@lixue2023]

Perhaps the next target for the US to pull in is Vietnam LOL

[@anaconda2371]

@@lixue2023 that would be hilariously ironic, Vietnam request the US establish a small base there 😂

[@lixue2023]

@@anaconda2371 OK, haha, think about the trend of two countries, who do you think is asking for who

[@angkhoanguyen6114]

@@anaconda2371 We never did and never will. 🤨

[@LegionIscariot]

Its always good to have allies.

[@lieutenantcolonel5173]

I remember when you made these videos! I would love more!

[@brianruel7272]

Very clear & informative. Thank you

[@SEAZNDragon]

For those complaining about India being considered a small country despite their billion plus population: population doesn't always equal influence.

[@acrux4556]

Still India spends more on defence spending than any other "major country" on the list , only one with a nuclear arsenal and with a nuclear triad , only one with a blue water navy , an airforce which was ranked better than that of the chinese last year and the largest standing army in the entire world. Still you think it's not a major country than I don't get how any other country is a major country.

[@NoMustang273]

India still has the 5th largest economy nominally, 3rd largest in PPP terms and the 3rd largest military budget. A lot of Indians oversell India's capabilities...but it's definitely not small. A regional power still but an important player nonetheless.

[@OrionTails]

​@@acrux4556 to be fair, defence spending and military strength doesn't really contribute much to its influence outside of its local sphere of influence, and nuclear weapons aren't helping either to reinforce said influence. Also, I doubt the source stating that India's air force can outperform China's, it's really hard to believe that a country with a long history of copying Soviet and Russian weaponry and reselling them for cheap and is by far the most industrialized nation as of now can be outclassed by an upcoming power. With that said, I don't think it's right for India to be considered as a “small nation” by any metric. It has an impressive economic growth over the past two decades and an equally impressive potential for future growth. It's just not there yet.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

@@acrux4556 "only one with a blue water navy" Kekw. Imagine saying this while the Brits are on the list. India has about 100,000 total tonnage of replenishment ships (bought from other countries) while the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has about 300,000 tonnes of replenishment ships. Japan has about the same as India at 95,000 tonnes of replenishment ships btw. The focus on replenishment ships because blue water navy is not specifically about combat firepower, but more global reach.

[@akashbanerjee6272]

Their is nothing to complain here. Our EAM has made it clear various times that India does not get into any alliances. It's the west who wants India as its ally. We only consider them as our partners. That is a totally different thing altogether

[@gosnooky]

It's not surprising about Vietnam. A lot can happen in 50 years. A lot HAS happened, including China's rise. The only people in Vietnam who still harbor negative feelings towards the US are older people in the North who lived through the war. A friend teaches at one of the country's best schools near Saigon, and a huge percentage of them continue their education in the US.

[@deafea4867]

Nah you are wrong. Have you seen the videos where both Vietnam and US vets come to meet with eachother after the war passby. The 10% should be neutral because If you are pro China means that you are a traitor to the country. Vietnam has more than 5 million reseve personel just in case a war with China can broke out anydays

[@nguyenchu7378]

I completely agree with you, but you would be surprised that most people in the North now hold much more favorable views toward the US and high anti-china views. I know because I am from Hanoi, and my grandparents were 1st gen communist members, knowing the effect of communism they now hate communism and despise China with a passion. I can confidently say people from the north hate the CCP more than southerners now since they are directly affected. The only people who still hold favorable views toward China or communism are those who are not educated. If you travel to VN now, you will understand the potential of a Vietnam-US alliance, though will not be possible in a long time due to political differences.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@ucngocnguyen8938]

Don't listen to the self-proclaimed Vietnamese here. Most of them are members and descendants of the Republic of Vietnam regime who fled to the US, of course supporting the US. If they are not the above, they are also the minorities with distorted thinking and thinking. Vietnam implements the policy of "4 no" we do not choose sides in any war. We have a history of more than 4,000 years, we have fought against China throughout history not for the benefit of anyone. The Chinese are both friends and partners, and they are noisy neighbors who love to bully. We can quarrel with each other in each period of history and then work together to develop. PLEASE DON'T UNDERSTAND WRONG

[@jhonklan3794]

More people need to stop holding grudges, and just move on. Looking at you India.

[@SacredCowStockyards]

Vietnam has never really seen their war as an American war. They see it as a French one. The Americans were only there in great numbers for about 8 years towards the end of it. The war lasted a full generation.

[@mangonut]

It WAS a French war

[@kth6736]

I was in the war atrocities museum in HCMC a month back. Literally did not have anything on the French. Every one of the 3000+ attrocity exhibits was about american atrocities on Viet people.

[@ThinkAndSaySomethingStupid]

@@kth6736 According to the statistics, the number of Vietnamese who died in the US war was four or five times higher than those in the French war. The reasons for this may be that social media was not popular and national awareness was not high during the French war. However, as a Vietnamese, I prefer the US among the countries that attacked Vietnam. After the war, the US offered compensation for the losses and provided conditions for the development of Vietnam, which other countries have never done, especially China.

[@kth6736]

@@ThinkAndSaySomethingStupid that is an knteresting take. But maybe tell that to your govt as well then. Because every lamppost in Hanoi had the French and Vietnamese flags hanging together. While the War Ramamts museasum in HCMC only showed american attrocities but not french or chinese ones. Off topic - I just loved Vietnam. Great food + nice and hard working people.

[@ok-gs5ly]

@@kth6736 no, I don't see any lampost with any other flags than the national flag on a daily basis here in hanoi, that's usually for special occasions like when big foreign figures come to visit. And you could also visit "Hỏa Lò" prison (Hanoi Hilton in English text) or the prison on "côn đảo" islands, they're open for tours and there's a lot of colonial French history of pointless abuse presented.

[@diomuda7903]

To be fair, I don't know if outside these three (Australia, Japan, South Korea), the others do not even want to upset China. Vietnam is unlikely to join the US-led alliance. The VCP prioritised their relations with China (even though they did fight a war in 1979 against China, in addition to even more wars from ancient time). Geopolitical reasons may prevent such thing from ever being materialised. India is more likely, but depend on circumstances. India's relations with China are poor but there is a mutual interdependence between the two. India also lacks trusts on the United States and its allies. Philippines are the most likely to be on American side, but to which extent is questionable. The Philippines have bitter past with the Americans and they are also deeply reliant on China (although they have tensions regarding SCS). Some other nations like Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are not exactly fond of joining such an alliance. Then, counting the Central Asian nations, they also dislike China but geopolitics deny these countries their abilities to become flexible. In the end, all lies in the dust, waiting for a phoenix moment to rise.

[@genghiskhan5701]

The Philippines has a legally binding Mutual defense treaty witht he US Duterte was a fluke and pretty much backtracked on his anti US stance later on.

[@darren5971]

Your right ..In fear of trade tariffs

[@Jul_Nguyen]

Despite being Vietnam’s largest export market, the United States is currently ranked as a third-­tier diplomatic partner for Hanoi. (U Stay Away) is acting like a ' beggar 'asking Vietnam to upgrade to 2nd tier. Vietnam's Mekong river in the South & Red river in the North :Both start from China and empty into the South China Sea via Vietnam ( Land of two Rice Baskets ) Because of Laos, Thailand & Cambodia / China will not choke off the Mekong and aggravate a drought in the "rice basket " in the South of VN. In northern Vietnam, Honghe (Hồng Hà) River flows directly from Yunnan Province in China thru Vietnam to the sea.

[@mililani6037]

Many people ignored one thing: when China of Deng Xiaoping attacked Vietnam in 70=80's, China has discussed with the US and they supported China for this action, since Vietnam was close ally of USSR at that time; So the only common interest between Vietnam and US is to against a powerful China To be honest, if one day Vietnam becomes the most powerful and wealthiest nation in ASEAN, the US will form an anti-Vietnam alliance.

[@江宁路牛奶棚]

Colonies like the Philippines should not be included in the discussion.

[@AK-forty-seven]

Taiwan should get more involved in these alliances. Sure there is a 1 china policy being done all over the world, but those kind of rules have never stopped nations from abusing the grey zones of those kinds of agreements. Taiwan needs to be more proactive and set the tone to the rest of the world that they're dead serious in their survival.

[@jtgd]

Literally, the only reason nations agree to the one China policy is economics. Legally, Taiwan is the successor state of the RoC. The CCP are a insurgent group that won their civil war, and occupied the mainland. Had the CCP been the ones fleeing to Taiwan, we’d be dealing with a nationalist China and a communist Taiwan. And I’m fairly certain a mainland Republic of China would be globally accepted, and probably have its own sphere of influence with Asian nations that don’t intend to spread military influence in international waters. Like realistically, an invasion of China in the modern age is highly improbable. To many people, too many resources. And they have defensive advantage by being an ocean away and having the resources it has. But their insistence in trying to invade Taiwan despite the risk of negatively impacting the global economy shows they’re obviously not set on merely being defensive against the US Countries need to get themselves away from Chinese manufacturing, because they’re only gonna threaten to ruin other nations economies if they strongly oppose Chinese war plans against Taiwan

[@4Usuality]

@@jtgd China knows they have 10-15 years max before their demographics fully collapse and they have no more money for military. If they keep military spending on the up and up half their population will die of starvation and old age, since retired age people will have the majority, and the few younger people that exist will have to spend their economic production taking care of said aged population. A country on the precipice of that demographics mountain, a lower birth rate than South Korea, and a population around 1.4 billion, makes me seriously worry about the Great Leap Forward 2.0 This time, only the famine.

[@4Usuality]

But agree with your points, forgot to say.

[@pierrecurie]

I wouldn't be surprised if they're already abusing the grey zones in these alliances by sending an undercover "observer" or w/e. Openly doing so would cross China's red lines, and cause an immediate invasion, which nobody wants.

[@mangonut]

They can’t do it openly. Otherwise it’d automatically trigger a war

[@ultimativeslexikon5436]

TLDR has become one of the best news networks when talking geopolitics imo

[@spritemon98]

Despite the occasional audio and editing hiccups

[@TheTudor111]

😂😂😂

[@sushantbaweja5658]

See the hypocrisy of him so Japan,Australia,South Korea are bigger military then India only Japan and US has bigger economy then India.

[@acrux4556]

You're keeping your sources very limited if you actually belive that. He can be really biased a lot of times.

[@jimcally7916]

The New Atlas can give you better geopolitical news.

[@4Usuality]

Well, glad to have you Vietnam. Sorry about the war stuff, it happened before I was born. I'm glad we can work together for peace and deterrence at least.

[@rustyshackleford234]

If only history classes in the US taught about Vietnam post-Vietnam war…

[@passionformovies21]

Wait .....india is a small country? Then we must need a microscope to see UK

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@aptxxy4356]

When Liz Truss visited Taiwan, I knew they were doomed.

[@sean9321]

Right? It was hilarious! Was she considering herself the “Nancy Pelosi of the GB”? “Former PM of the UK” and last person to shook queen’s hand.

[@INTJ791]

Economy speaks bigger than political idealism

[@thebestevertherewas]

He phrased it wrong. It's a minor "alliance", i.e both parties aren't that close, albeit with a major partner ( India).

[@michaelstone5298]

Vietnam and China actually have a long history of War going back over 2000 years. (Namely with China repeatedly invading and sometimes conquering Vietnam).

[@Emilechen]

Champa ans Cambodia: ???

[@michaelstone5298]

@@Emilechen I believe you're asking what about Cambodia yes the Vietnamese do also have a long history of war with the Khmer. One of the reasons why cambodia's again allied with China. (Despite the history with the Khmer rogue)

[@michaelstone5298]

@@Emilechen and Champa yes also a long history of War but they've largely evacuated to Sumatra.

[@Emilechen]

@@michaelstone5298 to be fair, from Khmer Empire and Champ Kingdom point of view, both Viets and Thais are invaders from the North, today China avoids to talk about how their Han ancestors faught against the Mongol and other nomad invasion, since Inner Mongolia already becomes part of China and Mongolian republic today is too weak, so China prefers avoid mentioning the conflict before, if Vietnam had the ability to conquer Guandong and Guanxi provinces, and even the South of China, today Vietnam may prefer insisting how they are the truth heritor of the Han civilization,

[@michaelstone5298]

@@Emilechen Why cuz they was never conquered by the Mongols? So the Vietnamese say they're the true inheritors sounds a bit like Belarus (white Russia or free Russia).

[@luishernandezblonde]

They literally both dislike China, but among them, I only see Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand as the most supportive. India is also another candidate, but while India is hostile to China, they don't share close enough ties to the United States or other allies. Vietnam is the least likely among them due to Hanoi's history of alliance with Muscovy, although Muscovy's failure in Ukraine is forcing Hanoi to retour. Ironically, Vietnam's tie with Russia is originally aimed at China, but with Russia relegated to Chinese vassal state, this is nightmarish for Vietnam.

[@kth6736]

Vietnam is hedging its Russia exposure by deepning ties with India. Instead of Russia, now Vietnamese fighter jets will be repaired and overhauled in India. Also Vietnam is about to buy cruise missiles from India and also looking to buy SAM systems in future.

[@ninglu4846]

@@kth6736 Haha, the Vietnamese handed over the fighter jets to the Indians for maintenance? Do you want to kill the Vietnamese pilot?😂

[@dfsssfkfdfssdg]

true

[@my_other_side473]

US and the Philippines had mutual defence treaty. And the first Asian Ally of the US.

[@KhaalixD]

Great video!

[@linuxares]

Vietnam and US relationship isn't surpirsing. Ho Chi Minh "The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision."

[@kingofdevils]

You know India is the smallest in terms of per Capita economy compared to all the other ones no matter what measure you use.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Correct sir, very small economy Very small military Very small defence expenditure Tiny Military, insignificant Airforce and Blue Water Navy( who needs a "blue water navy" when most of the H20 is transparent, Only Booblehead leaders can will give you that. Its a tinnie little nation bordering CHINA, surrounded by the Indian Ocean ( i wonder where the name came from) We need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face China.

[@galaxy1234]

it is international politics not domestic economics

[@thebestevertherewas]

Yes sir, Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@IndiaTides]

You know that UK is smaller than Indian small states. I mean it depends on what criteria you use.

[@indiantiger4595]

Bro really should need to compare Debt, Inflation and Cost of living of India to these countries 💀

[@genghiskhan5701]

Its pretty insulting to put the Philippines as a "minor ally" when they literally have a Mutual Defense Treaty with the USA like Japan and was a key partner in America's various interests

[@darren5971]

You are small ...There isn't much you can do ..Besides your bases .

[@my_other_side473]

​@@darren5971 geopolitical we are important because we are part of the US first island chain of defence in the Pacific. If we go rounge and decided to join China. Then the Chinese Navy can freely enter the Pacific.

[@nicmagtaan1132]

​@@darren5971Britain is definitely a small country

[@2kt2000]

Such a GREAT short form alliance analysis. thanks

[@theconqueringram5295]

So, looks like the US is well connected in Asia-Pacific.

[@lixue2023]

How do you understand

[@paulfri1569]

Yes

[@tylerjohnston5336]

thank you for the excellent coverage.

[@mceetb10]

please do a video on China Alliances. Would be super interesting. I know they have established themselves in Africa to some extent. Super curious

[@GowthamNatarajanAI]

China does not have an alliance. They just have trade & investment related relationships.

[@Emilechen]

​@@GowthamNatarajanAI yeah, since China doesn't want to wastes their time to useless conflicta,

[@paulfri1569]

What all the loser mindset nation's 😅😅😅

[@GowthamNatarajanAI]

@jacksmith6015 No they don't. Name them. You can't, because they don't.

[@ricardomadleno564]

@Jack Smith it’s true China autocratic policies and politics don’t have the same sense of alliance as western and a lot of other Asian nations do they go for the mutual interest relationship which usually means to use their influence and power to get better deals for themselves like money loans and building infrastructure that is actually hugely beneficial for China on the long run and extremely hurtful for the for the nations who accept it in the long run…this type of politicking has its benefits but also disadvantages

[@yimhappy]

Thank you TLDR! Very useful news. I'm surprised your USA vids don't get more views. With all the news in USA, you'd think we'd hear more news like this, but we don't. I'm surprised your vids don't get more views.

[@matthewshields]

People forget that Vietnam fought China after they fought the United States and South Vietnam. China and Vietnam compete in manufacturing. Not to mention today the United States could care less about fighting Vietnam and actually wants to be allies while China could risk their sovereignty.

[@lixue2023]

China will never get itself into trouble

[@matthewshields]

@@lixue2023 China is already in trouble in many ways from the massive debt crisis they have in local governments and construction companies, to the failing Belt and road initiative, to the looming demographic collapse. Not to mention persecution against religious and ethnic minorities within China. Assuming you mean militarily China's army is closer to a paper tire and then it is a real threat especially in contrast to the United States and its allies but nevertheless it could still deal major damage to Taiwan or Vietnam just because of its size.

[@matthewshields]

@Jack Smith English is not your friend. No, they failed themselves. The US military achieved all their goals the government building and Afghanistan's own military defense is what failed.

[@matthewshields]

@Jack Smith you must be a bot, you read a lot of Chinese propaganda or are a troll. Taiwan is an independent country and the reason China's afraid of them is because they prove that democracy can work within Chinese culture. China going to war with Taiwan has no tangible benefits but war would make the world hate China more. China would likely suffer huge losses at best and lose at worst.

[@Nw-n6w]

??? Deadline is pressing on massive US debt. Is all over the world news.

[@chillcat7565]

It was 17,000 troops exercising in the Philippines not 1,700

[@anontheshade]

Vietnam is a beautiful country full of very nice people. Glad to see they don't hate us.

[@kth6736]

Hate is generally not a part of Asian cultures.

[@anontheshade]

@@kth6736 they definitely have a reason to but I get what your saying

[@banealsmanana3672]

No one hate Vietnam!! Badass country with cool people!

[@Graatand]

I don’t think it really makes sense to refer to India, Vietnam, and the Philippines as “smaller” countries. The alliances might be minor compared to the alliances with Japan, ROK, and Australia, but the countries themselves certainly aren’t.

[@vincentpiga8242]

Well said.

[@thebestevertherewas]

No Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@thebestevertherewas you should just merge with the larger country.

[@thebestevertherewas]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Sir i am very fearful that China might eradicate our booblehead culture, if that happens. Our Culture and Traditions are very insignificant when compared to the mighty Chinese, and might be easily eradicated. We need BIG HUGE GIGACHAD Nations like the US, to help us from the Dragon

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@thebestevertherewas merge with the US.

[@davidioanhedges]

USA and The Philippines have a complicated history - like the USA ruled it by force for 48 years, and it's last act was to set it's independence day to the 4th of July ... the first act of the independent Philippines government was to change it ...

[@graceneilitz7661]

The Philippines changed its Independence Day in 1962, it was not changed immediately. And it was probably changed due to the influence of a certain politician with the last name of Marcos. Which was likely because the US denied compensation for the property Marcos claimed he owned and was destroyed during WW2.

[@davidioanhedges]

@@graceneilitz7661 The last two presidents before Marcos finally got rid of the last vestiges of USA influence, trade restrictions, and military bases with 99 year leases.. so we're able to change thier independence day to when they declared it, rather than when the USA begrudgingly gave it partly to them

[@graceneilitz7661]

@@davidioanhedges The US bases ended in 1991, that would be after Marcos. And I never said Marcos was president when the independence day was changed, he was just an influential politician.

[@jls9255]

It's really not the EDCA that holds the Philippines and the US alliance together. The EDCA exists cause there is an official Mutual Defense Treaty between the US and the Philippines which has existed since 1951. Without that treaty there would be no EDCA. To say that EDCA is the alliance is wrong. EDCA allows the alliance to work but it is not the alliance.

[@yougoslavia]

I think a NATO-style alliance for East Asia and the surrounding area would be good.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

Yes. There used too be one. SEATO. Its just they never set a joint milltary command, like they did with NATO. SEATO was very weak as a result.

[@nitinmeena8416]

yessssssss!!!! on god!!

[@tylerd8245]

How about they call it the South Pacific Treaty Organization (SPTO)?

[@yougoslavia]

@@tylerd8245 It's not entirely south though.

[@tylerd8245]

@@yougoslavia How about the North Central South Pacific Treaty Organization?

[@mattkerr3508]

Small correction about the russian 'hypersonic' missile. By most standards the russian kinzhal is not hypersonic. To be a hypersonic weapon, you to be able to manoeuvre at hypersonic speeds. Kinzhal is an air laughed ballistic missile that get to hypersonic speeds in part of its flights. Russia move the goal post to seem ahead of everyone.

[@itwillhappen8150]

Sure that's why Patriot and mlrs and your whatever systems sent to Ukraine and tanks (German and US) have been constantly wiped out. I am still waiting to see F16s and F35s to go to Ukraune since Russian military hardware is rusty anyway

[@HONOROFCOURSE]

​@@itwillhappen8150They don't want them to hit Moscow that's why

[@anupamkumar1478]

It's indo-pacific not Asia-Pacific

[@arrielradja5522]

5:38 what the.... Indonesia is not India!!!

[@thebestevertherewas]

I come from a tinnie little nation bordering CHINA, surrounded by the Indian Ocean( i wonder where the name came from) We need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face China.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@bhushanraut9392]

There is no need to clarify calling India "minor" allies, India's geo political interests are different from the US. We are partners with China in BRICKS SCO AIIB bank NDB bank, we have areas of conflict and cooperation with them. Our ambition is to become more independent and strong and not be a sidekick of powers like China and the US. We want the US and China to think of us minors so that we can focus on our infrastructure Education Business. Jai Hind 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DiskoNixon.]

The United States pretty much has a ring of defense in the Pacific and Indian oceans to keep China at bay, ranging from Japan and South Korea, all the way over to India

[@HenriHattar]

Hypersonic weapons were FULLY developed conjointly by the US and Australia about 2008. Norway was included for testing purposes, then the testing was shifted to South Australia. Both Australia and the US have them....do you THINK they are gonna TELL any body?

[@AchyutChaudhary]

0:56 | 4:19 smaller countries? 🇮🇳 India literally just became the World's Largest Country by population - over 4 x Times the size of the 🇺🇸USA itself 😂😂

[@thebestevertherewas]

I come from a tinnie little nation bordering CHINA, surrounded by the Indian Ocean. We need BIG GUYS like the US, to help our tiny insignificant little nation face China.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@amhendrickson93]

Having that large of a population is not a good thing. The more your country modernizes, the lower your birth rates going to be. Within 100 years India’s population will be half of what it is today. Good luck keeping your economy afloat when that happens.

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@adityashaandilya6928]

Yes, the seventh largest nation on Earth is a small nation

[@SOCNV]

To divide the nations as Major and Minor completely undermines the efforts of the so called “smaller” nations as to their fears and what those nations are doing to combat the rising threat of China. For example: Nothing about India’s military is small Nothing about Vietnams tenacity and courage is small And Nothing about the Philippines being the oldest and longest US ally in the region is small. Furthermore there are some mistakes made in this video and I highly suggest that the editors research more and double check on topics, before posting the videos to YT.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@mark63424able]

They aren't just referring to strength or population. It's about strategic importance to the USA. USA and UK share military bases e.g. RAF Lakenheath, RAF bases at Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)... Also their defence industries sell each other weapons and have jointly developed technologies like the F35 which was a collaboration between Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. UK and USA are members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance....

[@jpablo700]

US is not perfect by any means but if the other option is China... USA all the way.

[@silverfish2380]

4:15 counting India in smaller country wow 😅

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@freddiemercury2075]

What about Singapore ? We have a US Navy base here too.

[@freddiemercury2075]

@Jack Smith I trust the Americans more than China and I am ethnically chinese myself, that should tell you how much I distrust the Chinese.

[@demiller74]

Vietnam would go to war with China for grins.

[@kaycey7361]

🇮🇳 ❤️ 🇻🇳

[@chillxxx241]

The US also has alliance with Thailand. It also has many other smaller alliances and partnerships with each nations like Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and Singapore.

[@zapmaster14]

while AUKUS is mentioned, you did not mention ANZUS which contains Australian-American obligations to protect each other, (i would've also included the five eyes treaty but since that isnt entirely focused on AP I can understand why its a hit or miss)

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

ANZUS, Is weak now, because New Zealand suspended its membership in the 1980s.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

5 eyes, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, USA and UK.

[@waddles4560]

Not really. If you read it carefully, ANZUS does not commit American troops to Australia’s defence like to any other US treaty ally besides the Philippines, and vice versa. Japan, South Korea and NATO all have collective defence treaties. (The famous “An attack on one is an attack on all”) If one party is attacked, the US HAS to commit troops. ANZUS, and the US-Philippines treaty which is nearly worded identically, only states that a party can consult another party if attacked. The other party doesn’t have to act on it. The could just send military/political aid and still fulfil their treaty obligations. This means that if Australia is attacked, the US could just sit and watch and do nothing about it if they wanted to. Of course they could also interpret it as sending in troops but there is still ambiguity that can be exploited.

[@richardhussey-cq2se]

@@waddles4560 Yes. That was the same with SEATO. Which was way it was doomed too fail. However, if Australia were attacked, I think it is very unlikely the United States would not help in some way.

[@eliotanderson6554]

Use indo pacific

[@Ziffwolf]

Lol India as a "smaller country ". Jog on.

[@vanguard8889]

India, a smaller country? By what metric?

[@akashpatel8410]

​@Jack Smith what win . We tested nuclear bomb under CIA'S nose we won all war expet 1 and also broke a country in to two which was supported by west and we also stopped coup in Maldives

[@lipun7568]

​@jacksmith6015out of 6 war since 1947 lost only 1 so what are you talking about. Or you just don't find anything to show your frustrations because India is not dancing on your tune.

[@tylerd8245]

@jacksmith6015 go away, you lame bot. china should hire better english speaking bots.

[@trollman1296]

Make ASEAN have a defense alliance similar to NATO and things will be more interesting

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

They did from 1954 to 1977, it was called SEATO, it was discontinued for some reason and I don't know why, it was a terrible mistake to get rid of it. I bet the countries that were apart of it would love it back now hahaha

[@qtheplatypus]

SEATO where mostly not SEA countries. It contained Pakistan, France and the UK. Creating an ASEAN version of NATO would be difficult since a lot of the countries within the ASEAN area have conflicting territorial and ideological claims.

[@falconking8294]

That will probably never work as long as everyone doesn't share the same principle and value which is what holds Nato together and lasts longer, look the central Asia who tried to copy NATO none of them trusted each others and everyone was afraid of Russia even Armenia was abandoned when it was attacked, nobody wanted to help them.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@qtheplatypus]

@@falconking8294 if there is going to be a defence super alliance then it will come when China becomes too scary and pisses off too many people.

[@thepeff]

The Vietnam War wasn't against the US, it was against the French. The US wasn't a side, the US intervened on behalf of the French.

[@kth6736]

I was in the war atrocities museum in HCMC a month back. Literally did not have anything on the French. Every one of the 3000+ attrocity exhibits was about american atrocities on Viet people.

[@AoShinden]

I don't think i'll classify India as a "Smaller Asian Country"

[@thebestevertherewas]

I come from a tinnie little nation bordering CHINA, surrounded by the Indian Ocean( wonder where the name came from). We need BIG GUYS like the US, to help our tiny insignificant little nation face China.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@galatheumbreon6862]

Yeah...

[@shaunrosenberg4568]

The country most concerned about a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is the U.S.? Dang I thought it would have been Taiwan.

[@casualscroller2525]

As an Australian while I do don't mind co-operating with the US, I don't like how the announcement of the cost of the submarines. It was literally not discussed and made a decision in 1 day, cost $250 billion and is gonna be completed by 2050. We could have had more submarines if we had the French built it and be completed by 2030s. Plus these submarines would make us more reliant on the US and have us be a proxy in their war to stop China's growth. China is our biggest trading partner and while I don't agree with all their actions I don't think we should be marching towards war.

[@stuartedwards6996]

Well tell that to China, they are the one's that are war mongering and making enemies of most countries in the world. Australia needs to try and de-couple itself from China like most other sensible countries are. I know it's not an easy task, but the world will be a far better place once China has been knocked down a peg or two.

[@vipulchaturvedi622]

If you want to know what would had been the cost and time frame in case australia had opted for french submarine then look out for India & France nuclear submarine deal that will give you some idea.

[@Duzzies-101]

Afiak the French lied about their readiness to produce the submarines. And while I don't want war with China either, their aggressive posturing should not go without reply.

[@falconking8294]

Nobody really gets to decide if they will get invaded, look at Ukraine, all you can do is arm yourself to the top so no one will think of invading you.

[@notawidow6560]

Freedom costs money. Pay up.

[@yashwanthchill7684]

the will west never get india, it is not small economically not militarily neither is it small in anyway. india and small is a oxymoron

[@Nw-n6w]

West leaders have no respect for Asean countries including India. As asean ctries be neutral.

[@vak21]

I love your videos TLDR but ... calling India a "small" country in 4:21 ??? Anyway thanks for always the great content.

[@kth6736]

It takes 4.5 hour flight to fly from one corner of India to another. Same time it takes to fly from London to Istanbul.

[@titanbhardwaj9265]

Did he just called India a small country with a small military?

[@wolfheadedconjuror]

You could do a youtube short on China's alliances

[@SilvanaDil]

LOL. It doesn't take long to count either China's allies or Russia's allies.

[@kth6736]

Won't be funny when you find out that alliance has more nuclear powers than nato and more nukes too.

[@江宁路牛奶棚]

Are you an ally of the mouthpiece cannon? So you know that China is a non aligned country, understand? You're just a joke.

[@mafiosomemer3730]

Anyone saying that it's discriminatory/Anti-Asian hate to target the Chinese is a collaborator, or a Vichy.

[@TheHickjc1222]

SMALLER COUNTRY, litteraly the least small country in the world 🙈

[@boobie34]

China and Russia don't exist.....

[@thebestevertherewas]

I come from a tinnie little nation bordering CHINA, surrounded by the Indian Ocean( i wonder where the name came from) We need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face China.

[@thebestevertherewas]

Our Tiny Little Booblehead Nation need BIG HUGE UNCLE SAM (US), to help our tiny insignificant little nation face the DRAGON China.

[@dheerajverma1511]

India is literally the only country on earth that has faught PLA on ground. All it lacks is military tech.

[@lawyermahaprasad]

Please use Indo-Passific

[@gautamb0927]

Don't beg to these western egotistic youtubers bro. They think the world revolves around them only. UN and almost all the countries except China stopped using Asia -pacific term long time ago and started using the term Indo-pacific. One youtuber can't do jack shitt to change it

[@natelarson429]

good job!

[@lixue2023]

This has long gone beyond work

[@TheCentristChad]

All those lives lost in Vietnam. All the US had to do was sell them McDonalds and Coca-Cola 😂

[@SEAZNDragon]

Well the fact Vietnam got into conflicts with their ideological partners China and the Khmer Rouge after America left also helped.

[@chinguunerdenebadrakh7022]

Vietnam has like 1000 years of conflict with China. France and US are a blimp in comparison

[@OrionTails]

If not for American leadership back in the mid 40s, their relationship with Vietnam would've been more amicable, and potentially, became an ally.

[@nguyenkhue4021]

McDonald flopped in Vietnam though

[@tranquoccuong890-its-orge]

more like KFC; i didnt see any mcdonalds until recently

[@Bhaveshk]

Calling india small when they have bigger militaries than australia south korea and japan xD

[@Sreeraj-ii7us]

@JackSmith-mk1ru mocking an Indian in a platform which is now run by an Indian born in India

[@Sreeraj-ii7us]

@JackSmith-mk1ru average madrassa chap Pakistani☕😂😂

[@silverfish2380]

0:48 big militaries and economies and didn't count India in.. WHAT.. 😬

[@SilvanaDil]

It's really more about how India isn't as much of an ally. Sure, India dislikes China, but it can't seem to quit Russia.

[@Storm-un1sv]

The kinzal isnt a hypersonic missle. Its an air lauched balistic missle.