The Global South seems to agree with France in not wanting to get dragged into a confrontation between China and the US over Taiwan
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius conducts a Taiwan Strait transit operation, at an undisclosed location. Picture: Reuters
Twenty years later it’s difficult not to get the feeling that once again the US is spoiling for a fight, much as it did with the whole “weapons of mass destruction” brouhaha back in 2003. US politicians line up for meetings with Taiwanese leaders and US generals pick dates for a likely invasion of Taiwan by China, which they would be forced to respond to.
Initially it was assumed that China’s implicit approval of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would see most countries side with a US-EU alliance. A year later there are indications of strain, even within the EU element of that alliance, and growing signs that the Global South is not prepared to take sides. The most recent was the Brazilian president’s trip to the Iberian Peninsula.
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