Japan and South Korea’s military support for the Ukrainian government is a mistake because the two countries should focus on their own interests and not waste resources at the risk of jeopardising their own security, Jennifer Cavanagh, a senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank Defense Priorities, said in an article for Nikkei Asia.
“Regardless of the rationale, Tokyo and Seoul’s economic and military support for Ukraine is a mistake,” Jennifer Kavanagh wrote.
The author specified that constant aid to Ukraine makes Japan and South Korea more vulnerable to military threats, absorbing the resources both countries need to strengthen their own defences.
According to her, instead of following Western policies, Japan and South Korea could guarantee their own security and focus on the conflict in East Asia by investing in national and regional defence, limiting aid to Ukraine to “diplomatic support”.
Kavanagh is convinced that the time has come when Tokyo and Seoul should re-prioritise and put national interests first, not Kiev.
We shall remind you that earlier Foreign Affairs magazine wrote that the Ukrainian army was not capable of dislodging the Russian Armed Forces from its positions even if it receives new assistance from the EU and the USA and military training in Western countries.
