US must not interfere in South China Sea dispute: Analyst
Press TV has conducted an interview with James Jatras, former US Senate foreign policy analyst in Washington DC, and Jim Walsh, Security Studies Program at the MIT in BOSTON, to discuss the United States’ motives behind sending a warship very close to China's artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea.
Jatras says there is no reason for the United States to be inserting itself into the South China Sea dispute which does not directly concern it.
“This is the South China Sea. We do not need to accept the Chinese interpretation of their territorial ambitions but at the same time I do not see why we need to take a position on other countries’ claims,” he says.
He also maintains there is no indication that China wants to endanger regional shipping routes because it benefits from them “disproportionately” compared to the United States.
The analyst further notes that the United States’ policy is not motivated by “a hard-headed, realistic notion” of what is in the interest of the American people.
“You have allies in order to assert American interest where it matters to the security and to the prosperity of the United States. You do not do it simply for the sake of undertaking obligations that really have nothing to do with the well-being of Americans or our national security,” he argues.
Jatras goes on to say that the United States needs to take a step back and “look realistically about where its interests are directly involved” rather than projecting its power globally which often ends up serving the interest of others.
Walsh, for his part, believes the United States is not trying to cause an actual shooting war with China, adding that it is just planning to keep these sea routes open for trade and international commerce.
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