Hello.
Where we’re at
I will be honest, I think the state of interregional politics generally and our place in it specifically is a little precarious right now. Regardless of your thoughts on events, during the dissolution of the Aurora Alliance, we burned through significant diplomatic capital. Beyond that, the events between TRR and Europeia both created and exacerbated divisions within defending, now manifested through the Aegis Accords. As a result, this term has to be focused on rebuilding our credibility, strengthening and diversifying our relationships, and having the honest conversations to preserve the future of Aegis.
Prioritizing community value
The Prime Minister ran on a platform of prioritizing community value in our relationships. We need to turn to our allies and partners for more than just support on external initiatives, we need to look at them as collaborators in our effort to strengthen our recruiting and integration efforts as well as to invest in our internal regional community.
Beyond this, we also need to diversify our existing relationships, which tilt a little too far towards GP power players. Quirky, fun, role play and casual regions make up the vast majority of NS players, and those relationships matter too. Not to mention, they matter for future GP fights, where having diverse sets of friendships to draw upon for support will fortify our positions.
As Minister of Foreign Affairs, I will:
- Reach out to allies and partners of our’s with distinctive integration and engagement efforts to learn about the methods they use and help inform our own practices.
- Reactivate dormant relationships we have with regions that offer cultural value to the South Pacific.
- Seek out new relationships with regions that aren’t currently “in the GP scene” as a way of varying our diplomatic portfolio.
The Prime Minister and I have already identified a list of regions we plan to reach out to for each of these items.
Addressing the storm
The previous term saw two major geopolitical events (one directly and one indirectly involving us) deeply rock the foundations of trust defending. After this, we as a region and the faction as a whole need to take stock of what is happening and work to rebuild the relationships that have been very badly shaken.
We need to have direct and honest conversations about what happened in these events and how we need to move forward. We can’t be overly adventurous this term and we need to have conversations that get to the fundamentals of what we can expect from each other in the future.
As Minister of Foreign Affairs I will initiate direct bilateral dialogues with our allies who have been most involved in the events of the past several months to identify the breakdowns of communication and trust that occurred and what we can do to correct them in the future. This work is essential to building stronger relations with our defender allies.