Eastasia with a twist from Rudd
http://www.infonews.co.nz/news.cfm?l=1&t=162&id=25757
An address to the Asia Society Australasia in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, the prime minister called for cooperation among the countries of this growing region. Rudd added that he wants the new bloc to include, among many other countries, the United States, China, Japan, India, and Indonesia. Critics view the proposal as overly ambitious and unnecessary.
Rudd, who was elected last November, stressed the importance of Asian and Pacific countries working together now for mutual benefit. Waiting would not be prudent.
“I believe it’s time that we started to think about where we want to be with our regional architecture in 2020,” Rudd said. (The Australian, 6/5/08)
Global crisis to cast shadow over Rudd’s push for Asian union
November 22, 2008
THE Prime Minister will push his proposal for a European Union-style Asian community with more integrated economies and security and strategic policies when the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum begins in Peru.
Rudd’s self-confidence also knows no bounds. He fervently believes in reshaping the world economic order and that he is the man to help do it.
It has been in the G20, the world’s 19 largest economies and the European Union, that Australia, which is not a member of the Group of Eight, has found a chance to punch above its weight. Because Rudd is singing from the same song sheet as Brown and Obama, he has been feted in London as he was in Washington.
He set up an international panel to work on nuclear disarmament, sent an emissary out to win support for the creation of a European Union-style grouping for Asian countries and began campaigning for Canberra to get a seat on the UN Security Council.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25313141-12377,00.html
April 9, 2009
THE global financial crisis and North Korea’s recent rocket launch will dominate Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s talks with Asian leaders in Thailand at the weekend.
But Rudd is also likely to use the East Asia Summit as another opportunity to talk up his ambitious plan to create an EU-style Asia Pacific Community.
Australian National University ASEAN expert Professor Hal Hill says Mr Rudd will use any bilateral meetings with leaders to push his “bold” APC plan.
“I think it’s still at the stage where people are being sounded out – are they interested or not?” Mr Hill said.
“It’s very early days, but my understanding is that most of the countries that have been consulted are at least listening, and they’re interested.”
But Mr Rudd should avoid being too pushy because Australia was still the “new kid on the block” in regional talks, Mr Hill said.
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rudd is the lap dog for the elites, you can see above his involvement in many things obama and brown are discussing and now he goes to ASEAN and spruiks his “eastasia ” ideas..doing the behind the scenes work..orwell was a visionary..as we start to see the second bloc being set up
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