The
U.S. government should
- withdraw American military forces
from South Korea over the next four
years and terminate the mutual defense treaty at the end of
that period;
- begin a six-year phased pullout of
American troops from Japan, beginning
with forces on Okinawa;
- replace the bilateral U.S.-Japanese
defense treaty with an agreement
that allows emergency base and port access and maintains
joint military exercises and intelligence cooperation;
- drop proposals for enhanced defense
ties with Singapore, eliminate the AUSMIN agreement with
Australia, and make clear to
the Philippine government and people that the new Visiting
Forces Agreement does not commit the United States to
military action on behalf of the Philippines, especially in
any territorial disagreement
involving the South China Sea;
- promote regional security
cooperation through the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other appropriate institutions;
- expand economic and limited
security ties with China while pressing
Beijing to accelerate democratic, human rights, and market
reforms and to resolve international disputes peacefully;
- drop Washington’s implicit
defense guarantee to Taiwan but
permit defense contractors to sell
Taipei any weapons it deems necessary for its defense (without
government subsidies and loan guarantees); and
- remain aloof from other flashpoints
that could turn into war, such
as those on the Indian subcontinent.
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