{"id":9847,"date":"2013-10-04T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2013-10-09T15:34:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T04:34:32","slug":"aspi-suggests-31z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/aspi-suggests-31z\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPI suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9848\" title=\"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on October 3, 2013. \" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on October 3, 2013. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b-205x137.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10067926645_9028fbea1c_b-332x221.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>US and Japan<\/strong> agreed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/04\/world\/asia\/japan-and-us-agree-to-broaden-military-alliance.html?ref=asia\" target=\"_blank\">expand defence cooperation<\/a> during Secretaries Kerry and Hagel\u2019s visit to Tokyo this week. Hagel said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Our bilateral defense cooperation, including America\u2019s commitment to the security of Japan, is a critical component of our overall relationship, and to the Obama administration\u2019s rebalance to Asia-Pacific.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And it\u2019s not that hard to see why some people might doubt the Executive\u2019s continued focus on<strong> the rebalance<\/strong>: Eurasia Group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ianbremmer\/status\/382625980323725312\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Bremmer noted<\/a> the following breakdown for country mention\u2019s in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/25\/us\/politics\/text-of-obamas-speech-at-the-un.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_blank\">Obama\u2019s UN Speech<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran 25<\/li>\n<li>Syria 20<\/li>\n<li>Israel 15<\/li>\n<li>Palestine 11<\/li>\n<li>China 1<\/li>\n<li>Japan 0<\/li>\n<li>India 0<\/li>\n<li>Koreas 0<\/li>\n<li>[Editor\u2019s inclusion: Australia got no mentiones either, and \u201cAsia\u201d was mentioned in passing twice]<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>US Government shutdown<\/strong> isn\u2019t helping. Although he is apparently still going to APEC in Indonesia, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/simonmontlake\/2013\/10\/02\/as-obama-cancels-his-trip-chinas-president-heads-to-indonesia-malaysia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama has cancelled trips to Malaysia and the Philippines<\/a>. If you\u2019re confused about what\u2019s going on with the whole shutdown-thing, the<em> NYT<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2013\/09\/30\/us\/politics\/the-back-and-forth-over-the-shutdown.html?ref=us\" target=\"_blank\">has this graphic of the back and forth so far<\/a>. Although the shutdown was reported to exclude national security functions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andygreenberg\/2013\/10\/02\/heres-the-letter-telling-nsa-staff-to-go-home-for-the-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">some NSA staff have received letters telling them to stay home<\/a>.\u00a0For its part, <em>the Economist<\/em> says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/united-states\/21587250-shutdown-bad-enough-what-follows-may-be-far-worse-closed-until-further-notice\" target=\"_blank\">there may be worse to come<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026[T]he longer the fight continues, the greater the chance that the modest economic harm of the shutdown will turn into something much worse. Around October 17th the federal government will hit the debt ceiling. This ceiling has been raised 74 times before, and raising it again should be routine. But what if no one backs down?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At home in Australia, the focus is well and truly on <strong>the Navy<\/strong>, with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.gov.au\/ifr\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Fleet Review<\/a> (and attendant events, like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navy.gov.au\/ran-sea-power-conference-2013\" target=\"_blank\">RAN Sea Power Conference<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/in-the-market-for-a-naval-shipbuilding-plan\/\">Pacific 2013 International Maritime Congress and Exposition<\/a>) on from the 3-11 of October. The <em>SMH<\/em> has all you need to know for enjoying the spectacle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/nsw\/international-fleet-review-sydney-what-you-should-know-20131002-2usgm.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the navy, it&#8217;s great to see Defence putting a public face on the <strong>future submarine program<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sea1000.gov.au\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if the kids misbehave at the International Fleet Review, you can always threaten to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nknews.org\/2013\/06\/how-to-send-your-child-to-summer-camp-in-north-korea\/\">send them to North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/statephotos\/10067926645\/\" target=\"_blank\">State Department<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and Japan agreed to expand defence cooperation during Secretaries Kerry and Hagel\u2019s visit to Tokyo this week. 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