Self sufficiency the bedrock of attaining true economic freedom by Nations.

[Tungbulu]

The necessity of having some allies becomes more apparent to everyone else pretty soon and blocs will get stronger. That's one of the consequences of World Wars. Countries will feel the need for allies to try and create some security for themselves (security in economy, food, energy, military, etc.) specially now that the colonizers in the NATO coalition are waging a war against the world.

Yeah, it’s natural for countries to sort for stronger allies, particularly in times of global uncertainty and instability. Every country at this point wish to protect their borders, resources, and security and sometimes they just might not have the resources and capacity to that alone.

That being said, I believe that every nation would most definitely put their own interests first before others. As much as alliances can be really helpful, one should not equally ignore the fact that the moment diplomacy is ignored, it can equally create division and tension too. Which is why it’s very crucial to find the balance between  cooperation and dialogue as these are really what matters the most.

[Alex077]

China was my first thought when I read down to the Tortoise kingdom, their economy grew from sufficiency. China is a nation that doesn't create, they build upon existing innovations from the US and sell at a very cheap rate, targeting continents like Africa, and America. Products like Clothes that sells for $50 in the US actually sell for $5 in the Chinese market. Vendors buy products in China for its low prices, thereby enlarging the strength of her economy from global market domination, as the largest exporter of merchandise.

China has given importance to making product at low cost rather than spending money on research. This was very effective method for them.

European or american company spend huge amount of money on research. As a result price of their product naturally increase. Other hand, china copies these product and at the same time, their labor cost is also low. So they are able to make and supply product at a cheap cost.

In developing countries, china's products are dominate the market. Because their price is low. Even then, China is not self-sufficient. They are dependent on USA and south korea for semiconductor and chip technology. They are dependent on countries like russia and iraq for minerals and fuel oil. They are also dependent on countries like brazil and argentina for food and agricultural product. No country in the world is completely self-sufficient. It has to depend on other country. Even then, the main reason why china's economy is so strong is that they are not dependent on any specific sector.

[eightdots]

The necessity of having some allies becomes more apparent to everyone else pretty soon and blocs will get stronger. That's one of the consequences of World Wars. Countries will feel the need for allies to try and create some security for themselves (security in economy, food, energy, military, etc.) specially now that the colonizers in the NATO coalition are waging a war against the world.

Yeah, it’s natural for countries to sort for stronger allies, particularly in times of global uncertainty and instability. Every country at this point wish to protect their borders, resources, and security and sometimes they just might not have the resources and capacity to that alone.

That being said, I believe that every nation would most definitely put their own interests first before others. As much as alliances can be really helpful, one should not equally ignore the fact that the moment diplomacy is ignored, it can equally create division and tension too. Which is why it’s very crucial to find the balance between  cooperation and dialogue as these are really what matters the most.

In times of global uncertainty, allied countries are most needed. Countries need each other, especially in international politics. Politics is a crucial factor in determining actions in many areas, therefore, the political relations between countries are important.

There are many ways to maintain balance in international relations, and countries that can achieve this balance well can have an advantage. Countries that maintain balance can find common ground on many issues and are less affected by many negative situations.

[Accardo]

In developing countries, china's products are dominate the market. Because their price is low. Even then, China is not self-sufficient. They are dependent on USA and south korea for semiconductor and chip technology. They are dependent on countries like russia and iraq for minerals and fuel oil. They are also dependent on countries like brazil and argentina for food and agricultural product. No country in the world is completely self-sufficient. It has to depend on other country. Even then, the main reason why china's economy is so strong is that they are not dependent on any specific sector.

A single nation can't have it all when it comes to earth sources and mineral resources, China's self sufficiency in this context centers on their inability to spend high on research, rather the country is comfortably building on existing inventions. Her government can afford to finance inventions, yet choosing to innovate or refurbish products made in the US worked in boosting her economic growth, and they stayed upon this method with no desire to compete or venture on inventing things. I believe this shows that they're sufficient with what brings economic growth to the country.

[Tungbulu]

In times of global uncertainty, allied countries are most needed. Countries need each other, especially in international politics. Politics is a crucial factor in determining actions in many areas, therefore, the political relations between countries are important.

There are many ways to maintain balance in international relations, and countries that can achieve this balance well can have an advantage. Countries that maintain balance can find common ground on many issues and are less affected by many negative situations.

That’s right. But we all know that in several occasions, both parties would have conflicting interests and opinions on a particular matter, and making decisions on such matters can be very complicated, since you wouldn’t want to make a decision that would ruin the alliance, and this could lead to taking decisions that’ll displease you in some cases, especially if you the one who is more dependent on the other country. While alliance helps to strengthen the security of a country, it could equally make a country be less dependent on their own capabilities and depend more on other countries.

[justdimin]

it’s natural for countries to sort for stronger allies, particularly in times of global uncertainty and instability. Every country at this point wish to protect their borders, resources, and security and sometimes they just might not have the resources and capacity to that alone.

That being said, I believe that every nation would most definitely put their own interests first before others. As much as alliances can be really helpful, one should not equally ignore the fact that the moment diplomacy is ignored, it can equally create division and tension too. Which is why it’s very crucial to find the balance between  cooperation and dialogue as these are really what matters the most.

The worst thing about politics is the fact that it makes sense to fight with others so that you look tough and get elected again. Presidents and nominees create boogeymen out of other countries, and that is how they grow and become better on election day. If you say "we are going to get along with everyone", that is not going to get you any votes.

Humans want to hear that their misery is because of an enemy, and if it is not, then there is no reason for their misery, and they do not want to hear that. That is why we do not have political leaders of parties going around explaining to the people that, there is a finite amount of money and unless we want to live like Mormon version of 2026 and progress, we need to let capitalists do earn a lot and progress our future, and that means we can't have everyone living a good life, and you are going to have worse and worse life, there will be people starving on the streets, and there will be some people who work 70 hours a day and barely can afford rent, so that we have a poill that fixes cancer in 30 years.

Yes, it is not sounding great, but it is the price that we pay. If we lived in a socialist world, we would be stuck in 1954 and building just some apartments for free, while having no cure for anything or no mobile phones or anything that we have today. Capitalism offers suffrage for the masses, and improvement in the world at the same time. So countries can't really just be free, not from their surroundings, not from themselves, and we are going to see politicians keep on attacking other countries and nations all the time; that is not going to change.

[JiiBs]

A single nation can't have it all when it comes to earth sources and mineral resources, China's self sufficiency in this context centers on their inability to spend high on research, rather the country is comfortably building on existing inventions.

True, natures design has made it impossible for any nation to exist independently of the others. As much as we would like the idea of a sovereign nation, where one nation can have it all to themselves without relying on others, we would always be needing ourselves because, we are connected. Little wonder why there would be crisis in one nation and the impact would be felt thousands of miles away in other nations, it’s the interdependency that exist between nations through trades.

A resource that would be abundant in one nation would be completely lacking or minimal in the other.
Where the problem often rests is, when a nation becomes so keen on exporting all it needs. Nations that exports raw materials only to import the finished products from those raw materials are the ones that would really have to struggle over everything.

[DiMarxist]

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China has given importance to making product at low cost rather than spending money on research. This was very effective method for them.

European or american company spend huge amount of money on research. As a result price of their product naturally increase. Other hand, china copies these product and at the same time, their labor cost is also low. So they are able to make and supply product at a cheap cost.

I don't completely agree with you, that china has completely made made things much easier by producing goods and services at a lower price doesn't mean that they are coping technology from Europe and the America. That will be discrediting the success which has been recorded by China.

No Nation develops by copying from other nations, but by telling themselves the truth and and budgeting and putting much energy in the area of science and technology which is critical to the economic and technical development of any nation.

China realized this enough on time, and they moved in the direction of putting themselves in the arena of technology. What you should know when it comes to technology is that no nation no matter how technical driven it is has the monopoly of technology. Technology can be bought, transferred and finally developed which I know that, countries like America also engage in technical theft by always giving the American citizens to anyone they feel that, holds an idea which will be profitable to them of which the technological sector of America is the Biggest beneficiary of this.