Australia An Ally or Neutral Third Party Peacemaker in US/China Relations?
What you resist persists what you look at disappears
It is clear Paul Keating is worried about Trump. As the former Prime Minister of Australia he is privy to the Chinese situation and Australia’s relations in the Asia Pacific Region.
I also find it interesting when I see the word peace, many perceive this to mean cessation of violence. In truth it is about inner peace which has no resistance in it at all. In other words there is no fear. There is an awareness of an order beyond human affairs. However, for the moment we are in a world that knows not what it does in defence of security. We have leaders around the world that believe attack is the best form of defence. Or defence is ensuring peace. In truth defence is the first act of war. True peace de-escalates, enters dialogue, seeks conflict resolution for a win/win recognising that fear is behind all sabre rattling. It is a masculine conditioning that has been on this planet for centuries. What makes it particularly fearful today is that Trump as President-elect of the United States is perceived as having negative attitudes and behaviours that people are feeling risk not only to the United States security but globally. He is stirring many up because of who he appears to be.
Now the Law of Attraction is a universal law, it states like attracts like. What this means is as we focus on the Armageddon of a fearful President at the helm we unwittingly attract what we fear, if we keep at it certain, then it is believed and manifested at some point. Who is to say that a fearful US does not affect change in China? Perhaps the US is a mirror of China, what are they mirroring in each other? It would be interesting to know how the Russians perceive this given the communist system of government and current relations with the President-elect. What mirrors that relationship? I am mindful always on what people focus on. We create from what we believe and make it real.
Now imagine if we could change this from a fearful conflict with China to an awakening of the dragon. To curiosity about what will happen but knowing that there is a prevailing universal order underneath. No mistakes in life, it unfolds when you look at it from a context of the universal not global. I will start to reflect more on the universal order rather than what the media is framing in its monologue. What if the next enlightenment came from China? What if, Americans also had an awakening outside of the Administration and decided they needed radical change? So never fear the dynamics, it is what comes out of them that is of interest.
Our part as onlookers is to look for what is wanted, not unwanted as the world focuses there. People go through what they attract for some reason, in my universal view there are karmic relationships (cause and effect) and experiences people have to go through to learn about who they are. I am focussing on a real peace in the future, somewhat like the phoenix rising out of the ashes of ignorance. The next generation will be a game changer.
The opportunity for Australia here is to return to the model left by Gareth Evans, become a Third Party Mediator between warring parties. Do not enter the conflict is my advice. Help the parties find the middle ground and involve the United Nations in the discussion to ensure peace and security.
So into the mindset of the current paradigm.
January 13 2017 – 3:34PM
US ‘threatens to involve Australia in war with China’: Paul Keating condemns US secretary of state nominee’s comments
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Fergus Hunter
US prefers peace but ‘will act if confronted’
United States Pacific Command Admiral Harry Harris issues a firm warning to “an increasingly assertive China” amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Courtesy ABC News 24.
The remarks from the former chief of Exxon Mobil, in which he also called for regional allies “to show backup”, have set the stage for sharply increased tensions between the US and China as the Asian superpower builds up its military presence on the islands to defend against competing territorial claims from neighbouring countries.
According to Mr Keating, Mr Tillerson’s testimony to his US Senate confirmation hearing “threatens to involve Australia in war with China”. And he has urged the Australian people to “take note” and recommended the government tell the Trump administration, which will take over on January 20, “that Australia will not be part of such adventurism, just as we should have done in Iraq 15 years ago”.
“That means no naval commitment to joint operations in the South China Sea and no enhanced US military facilitation of such operations,” the former Labor prime minister said.
“Tillerson’s claim that China’s control of access to the waters would be a threat to ‘the entire global economy’ is simply ludicrous. No country would be more badly affected than China if it moved to impede navigation. On the other hand, Australia’s prosperity and the security of the world would be devastated by war.”
The Chinese government has so far offered a muted response to Mr Tillerson, with foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang saying that China “has the full right” to conduct activities in the waters but added “the South China Sea situation has cooled down and we hope non-regional countries can respect the consensus that it is in the fundamental interest of the world.”
Mr Lu said China-US relations are based on “non-confrontation, non-conflict, mutual benefit and win-win co-operation” and declined answer questions on what would happen if the Trump administration moved to cut China off from the islands, calling it a “hypothetical question”.
Shortly after Mr Trump’s shock November victory, Mr Keating urged Australia to “cut the tag” with the US, calling for a new independent foreign policy geared more closely to Asia.
In the Washington DC hearing, Mr Tillerson said China’s activities in the South China Sea were “akin to Russia’s taking Crimea” from Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declined to “speculate” on Mr Tillerson’s remarks because they remain hypothetical while President Barack Obama and his administration remain in office.
“The government’s position on the South China Sea remains clear and consistent,” she said.
“We call on all claimants to refrain from unilateral actions to change the status quo which includes the construction of artificial islands. We also urge all countries to ensure their claims are consistent with international law including the arbitration ruling between the Philippines and China.”
The Labor Party also declined to speculate and encouraged China and the US to “work constructively and cooperatively” on any differences
“We encourage the Australian government to work closely with the incoming US administration to promote peace and stability in our region, which is in the interests of all nations,” foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said.