Who Is In The Middle?
Have a look at a world map and maybe you will see where I think some lines are being drawn with a classic case of right side Vs left side and who is left in the middle.
Start from the right-hand side of Russia, then go. Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Papa New Guinea and Australia.
US military deepens ties with Japan and Philippines to prepare for China threat
Start from the left-hand side of Russia, then it goes to Iran, India, and Indonesia
There are various reports of those countries expanding their relations along those lines. Russia, Iran, and India are all working on a trade route together and that could then expand down into Indonesia.
India, Indonesia working together like never before, says envoy Ina Krisnamurthi
Oct 17 2022
There you get an odd story like this:
The BrahMos missile system and the Philippines’ quest for deterrence
At the end of last year, the Philippines released initial funding for the purchase of the Indian–Russian BrahMos missile system.
While previous efforts failed due to 'changed priorities', the need for these weapons was catalysed by increasing Chinese aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea; the most recent was the harassment of Philippine resupply efforts to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in November.
So India-Russia in their joint venture sells the Philippines (pretty nice cruise missiles) the BrahMos Missile system. I go hang on a sec that's to the other side. The right-hand side of what I have been looking at to counteract maybe China.
We have the Russia-China alliance though you can find plenty of history that maybe the Russians will not fully trust the Chinese.
This is where I am left wondering...