"The biggest danger we face in Nato expanding its tentacles from the Atlantic to the Pacific [is that] it could end up exporting its disastrous militaristic culture to the relatively peaceful environment we have developed in East Asia.
Indeed, if Nato was a wise, thinking and learning organisation, it should actually be studying the East Asian record – especially the Asean record of preserving peace – and learning lessons from it. Instead, it is doing the opposite, thereby creating real dangers for our region.
In view of the risks to East Asia through the potential expansion of Nato culture, all of East Asia should speak with one voice and say no to Nato."
Kishore Mahbubani (in der "The Strait Times")