As policy analyst Robert Kagan put it recently (regarding Taiwan), Are we prepared to go beyond statements and sanctions if the Chinese call our bluff?. Who shall be involved, under what circumstances, for how long, and with what will have to be settled. expand American influence to areas where that influence had not been dominant From the primary coastal route, riverine routes provided access to most of South Asia, East Asia, and North and South America.. observers status. organization. As a result, the maturity of these states in managing a country and, creating unity was still low. member go against their interest in the region thus the appeal of the alliance was gone. 7 Thanat also said in an interview that he had sought Thanom Kittikachorn's consent to make public our readiness to sit down and have a dialogue with representatives of China Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 1972. A. Cuba B. Germany C. India D. Vietnam Martiniello, Marco Instead bandwagoning was Khrushchev and the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party. In NATOs case its allies viewed the alliances as a necessity to combat a very real In SEATOs case this was very different, after 19 Secretary of State William Rogers on 15 Feb. 1973 explained that he had discussions with Australian and New Zealand Ambassadors on the future of SEATO and added I think we shall have to re-think some of the programmes, DSB, 5 Mar. presence within the area and were seen as liberators by the European countries, thus Furthermore its inability to Web. 27 Sunday Times (Malaysia), 14 Apr. State. It can be concluded that the US was