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McCain seeks defense funding to help Asia against China challenges
A leading U.S. senator has proposed that the United States provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help train and equip the armed forces of Southeast Asian countries faced with Chinese territorial challenges.
Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the proposal in an amendment to the 2016 U.S. Defense Authorization Act expected to be passed later this year, entitled the South China Sea Initiative.
It allows for the provision of up to $425 million over five years to countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam for "equipment, supplies, training and small-scale military construction."
The amendment was approved by the Armed Services Committee on May 14 by a vote of 22 to four - indicating strong bipartisan support. It still needs to be approved by the full Senate and the House of Representatives, which will vote on the overall bill later in the year.
McCain's proposal comes at a time of heightened tension in the South China Sea, where China has been increasingly assertive in pushing its claims to territory contested with several Southeast Asia states.
On Friday, the United States said China had placed mobile artillery systems on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, a development that McCain called "disturbing and escalatory." [ID:nL3N0YK3P5]
McCain, who was taken prisoner during the Vietnam War and held for five and a half year, told a news conference in Ho Chi Minh City the United States needed to "take certain measures which will be a disincentive to China to continue these kinds of activities."
Washington has expressed concern about the scale and scope of Chinese land reclamation in the South China Sea. It says Chinese dredging work has added some 2,000 acres to five outposts in the resource-rich Spratly islands, including 1,500 acres this year alone.
The United States has deployed more military resources to the Asia-Pacific as part of a strategic rebalance to the region and has been working to strengthen the defense capabilities of countries there and to encourage a more unified approach to dealing with China. [ID:nL1N0YF09O]
Some members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including U.S. ally the Philippines and fellow claimant Vietnam, have been vocal critics of Chinese actions in the South China Sea, but the group as a whole has been divided on the issue and reluctant to intervene.
(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Leslie Adler)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0OE2DD20150529
A leading U.S. senator has proposed that the United States provide hundreds of millions of dollars to help train and equip the armed forces of Southeast Asian countries faced with Chinese territorial challenges.
Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the proposal in an amendment to the 2016 U.S. Defense Authorization Act expected to be passed later this year, entitled the South China Sea Initiative.
It allows for the provision of up to $425 million over five years to countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam for "equipment, supplies, training and small-scale military construction."
The amendment was approved by the Armed Services Committee on May 14 by a vote of 22 to four - indicating strong bipartisan support. It still needs to be approved by the full Senate and the House of Representatives, which will vote on the overall bill later in the year.
McCain's proposal comes at a time of heightened tension in the South China Sea, where China has been increasingly assertive in pushing its claims to territory contested with several Southeast Asia states.
On Friday, the United States said China had placed mobile artillery systems on a reclaimed island in the South China Sea, a development that McCain called "disturbing and escalatory." [ID:nL3N0YK3P5]
McCain, who was taken prisoner during the Vietnam War and held for five and a half year, told a news conference in Ho Chi Minh City the United States needed to "take certain measures which will be a disincentive to China to continue these kinds of activities."
Washington has expressed concern about the scale and scope of Chinese land reclamation in the South China Sea. It says Chinese dredging work has added some 2,000 acres to five outposts in the resource-rich Spratly islands, including 1,500 acres this year alone.
The United States has deployed more military resources to the Asia-Pacific as part of a strategic rebalance to the region and has been working to strengthen the defense capabilities of countries there and to encourage a more unified approach to dealing with China. [ID:nL1N0YF09O]
Some members of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, including U.S. ally the Philippines and fellow claimant Vietnam, have been vocal critics of Chinese actions in the South China Sea, but the group as a whole has been divided on the issue and reluctant to intervene.
(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Leslie Adler)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0OE2DD20150529
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The U.S. Pledges Funds to SE Asia Military amid South China Sea Dispute
Jakarta, GIVnews.com – John McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona and chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, has launched a proposal which would allow the United States to supply the military force of Southeast Asian countries with hundreds of millions of dollars. Specifically, the policy is aimed at states who are facing Chinese territorial challenges, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
McCain made his proposal in an amendment to the 2016 U.S. Defense Authorization Act, which is expected to be passed this year. The amendment, dubbed the South China Sea Initiative (also reported as East Sea Initiative), would disburse up to USD 425 million over a time period of five years. The money, equal to IDR 5.6 trillion, is designated for “equipment, supplies, training, and small-scale military construction.”
The initiative was approved on 14 May 2015 by the Armed Services Committee with an overwhelming vote of 22 to 4, showing great support from Democrats and Republicans alike. However, it has yet to pass both the full Senate and the House of Representatives. Votes in the two chambers is scheduled within the year.
In the troublesome South China Sea itself, tension is running higher than ever. Accusations flew from all corners of the great body of water on a daily basis, each one going somewhere along the lines of either proclaiming sovereignty or calling for self-restraint. The United States, while not being a claimant to any territory in the waters, is caught in the tangle as it is trying to maintain its “pivot to Asia”. America also has mutual defense agreements with both Japan and the Philippines, who are getting more and more nervous with the Chinese Navy’s rising power and boldness.
The U.S. delivered its strongest statement yet through its Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in the Shangri-La Dialogue last Saturday (30/5) in Singapore. He addressed the delegations in the prestigious security forum, asserting that China’s land reclamations in the sea is “out of step” with international laws and norms, and stated U.S. opposition to “any further militarization”. Furthermore, Carter called for “a peaceful resolution of all disputes” and “an immediate and lasting halt to land reclamation by all claimants”.
China’s response tend to be defensive – and hypocritical. While Senior Colonel Zhao Xiaozhuo of the Chinese Academy of Military Science has declared “Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is not at all an issue because the freedom has never been affected,” a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft has been told to leave the skies above South China Sea immediately last week. Vietnamese and Filipino fishermen have been repeatedly turned back, showing a clear breach of freedom of navigation.
Delegates attending the forum called for an immediate code of conduct between China and the ASEAN bloc. However, it is highly unlikely that such an agreement will ever be reached, as China refuses to talk with a united ASEAN and prefers to talk with each claimant state privately. Worse, everyone knows that China has no incentive to agree on any code of conduct, as it is already able to do what it wants without any sanctions coming in the status quo.
With China’s stubbornness and the United States’ inability to lose face in Asia, fears of another global war is rising. Rhetoric is still the weapon of choice until now, but there is no telling what the future will hold. At this point it could be important to be remember that if it comes to war, the Philippines would invoke its mutual defense ties with United States, who in turn could call upon the might of the entire NATO. So far, ASEAN has been relatively unproductive in the dispute; it must step up its efforts to help avoid World War III.
http://www.globalindonesianvoices.co...a-sea-dispute/
Jakarta, GIVnews.com – John McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona and chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, has launched a proposal which would allow the United States to supply the military force of Southeast Asian countries with hundreds of millions of dollars. Specifically, the policy is aimed at states who are facing Chinese territorial challenges, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
McCain made his proposal in an amendment to the 2016 U.S. Defense Authorization Act, which is expected to be passed this year. The amendment, dubbed the South China Sea Initiative (also reported as East Sea Initiative), would disburse up to USD 425 million over a time period of five years. The money, equal to IDR 5.6 trillion, is designated for “equipment, supplies, training, and small-scale military construction.”
The initiative was approved on 14 May 2015 by the Armed Services Committee with an overwhelming vote of 22 to 4, showing great support from Democrats and Republicans alike. However, it has yet to pass both the full Senate and the House of Representatives. Votes in the two chambers is scheduled within the year.
In the troublesome South China Sea itself, tension is running higher than ever. Accusations flew from all corners of the great body of water on a daily basis, each one going somewhere along the lines of either proclaiming sovereignty or calling for self-restraint. The United States, while not being a claimant to any territory in the waters, is caught in the tangle as it is trying to maintain its “pivot to Asia”. America also has mutual defense agreements with both Japan and the Philippines, who are getting more and more nervous with the Chinese Navy’s rising power and boldness.
The U.S. delivered its strongest statement yet through its Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in the Shangri-La Dialogue last Saturday (30/5) in Singapore. He addressed the delegations in the prestigious security forum, asserting that China’s land reclamations in the sea is “out of step” with international laws and norms, and stated U.S. opposition to “any further militarization”. Furthermore, Carter called for “a peaceful resolution of all disputes” and “an immediate and lasting halt to land reclamation by all claimants”.
China’s response tend to be defensive – and hypocritical. While Senior Colonel Zhao Xiaozhuo of the Chinese Academy of Military Science has declared “Freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is not at all an issue because the freedom has never been affected,” a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft has been told to leave the skies above South China Sea immediately last week. Vietnamese and Filipino fishermen have been repeatedly turned back, showing a clear breach of freedom of navigation.
Delegates attending the forum called for an immediate code of conduct between China and the ASEAN bloc. However, it is highly unlikely that such an agreement will ever be reached, as China refuses to talk with a united ASEAN and prefers to talk with each claimant state privately. Worse, everyone knows that China has no incentive to agree on any code of conduct, as it is already able to do what it wants without any sanctions coming in the status quo.
With China’s stubbornness and the United States’ inability to lose face in Asia, fears of another global war is rising. Rhetoric is still the weapon of choice until now, but there is no telling what the future will hold. At this point it could be important to be remember that if it comes to war, the Philippines would invoke its mutual defense ties with United States, who in turn could call upon the might of the entire NATO. So far, ASEAN has been relatively unproductive in the dispute; it must step up its efforts to help avoid World War III.
http://www.globalindonesianvoices.co...a-sea-dispute/
beberapa pertanyaan2 bermunculan dikepala saya setelah membaca artikel2 ttg south china sea initiative ini.. dari masalah hubungan pertahanan negara2... masalah asean.... pertanyaan seputar mistral pun muncul di kepala.... saya bukan ingin mengatakan bahwa money solve all problem tapi.....
pada dasarnya semua pertanyaan berlandasan pada satu pertanyaan : "apa yang akan terjadi di 5 tahun kedepan???"
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