694: What of the presumptive Biden Administration in the Indian Ocean Basin? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
Image: Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) who served as regent of Ethiopia (1916-1930) and Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974) Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs; Gregory R Copley, The New Total War of the Twenty-first Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, in re: Red Sea–Arabian Sea–Indian Ocean. Is the Quad (India, Australia, Japan, US) in doubt in the Biden administration? Yes. Containment of PRC is central to the Quad. China has been taking over ports in the Mediterranean [and elsewhere]. Incoming Biden administration will not play well with Egypt, as Biden is almost guaranteed to return to Obama support for Turkey. Canada-Australia-NZ-UK (CaNZUK): will send strike groups into the Indo-Pacific. Does Europe see its future is with China? The Economist does, but Abiy has no choice but to fight this war, or else lose the whole c0untry.