I'm not in favor of this treaty, personally, for the aforementioned concerns regarding their Delegate supremacy views and unreliability in the event of coups, and for a couple other reasons. Generally speaking, I just don't think this is at all in our interests.
First, the West Pacific was one of a handful of regions to come here and support Neenee and/or Adytus during LazAnarchy. Support for either of them is wholly unacceptable to me. The world has known how dangerous and untrustworthy Neenee is for years, and by that point everyone knew Adytus was untrustworthy as well, though no one besides the NPO yet knew he was Feux in disguise. Nonetheless, instead of doing what other regions did and backing either a candidate for Delegate the Lazarene community supported, or endorsing Imki herself and no one else, the West Pacific opted to push for their own agenda and attempted to install Neenee and/or Adytus as Delegate of Lazarus. Keep in mind that Neenee had just been a Guardian of the West Pacific before then as well, so they were very much pushing for one of their own to become Delegate of Lazarus. They had no regard for Lazarus' sovereignty then, and I have no confidence they'll have any regard for Lazarus' sovereignty in the future, particularly after Halo's Delegacy has ended and depending on who is selected to replace him. The tentacles Neenee has in that region still run quite deep and I don't believe the West Pacific can be trusted over the long haul.
Moreover, I have serious concerns about us adopting another treaty with another raider-leaning region. Lazarus is supposed to be neutral, but our treaty choices are definitely imbalancing us toward the raider sphere. With Osiris, a treaty made sense. We had a preexisting and pretty well rooted relationship. I don't think this treaty makes much sense for us, for the above reasons, and I don't like the network of regions this particular treaty would start to shift us toward. The West Pacific has treaties with, among others, The East Pacific, Balder, and The Land of Kings and Emperors. These are not regions that have historically been friendly to Lazarus, except occasionally TEP in an on again, off again way, but TEP has been downright bizarre with Fedele in office there. I don't think being tangled in a web with those regions is desirable for Lazarus, and getting into a treaty with TWP is going to mean a more complicated situation in regard to our stance toward TWP's allies. I would rather we didn't. And I would rather see more balance in our treaty pursuits going forward. Raider-leaning regions shouldn't be the only regions we're looking toward for alliances. I'm sure that hasn't been intentional, don't get me wrong. But I do think it's something we need to be more mindful of going forward. It's important that Lazarus maintain its neutrality.
I do commend Tubbius and the Foreign Affairs team for the work they've done on this though. I just think we should look elsewhere.
First, the West Pacific was one of a handful of regions to come here and support Neenee and/or Adytus during LazAnarchy. Support for either of them is wholly unacceptable to me. The world has known how dangerous and untrustworthy Neenee is for years, and by that point everyone knew Adytus was untrustworthy as well, though no one besides the NPO yet knew he was Feux in disguise. Nonetheless, instead of doing what other regions did and backing either a candidate for Delegate the Lazarene community supported, or endorsing Imki herself and no one else, the West Pacific opted to push for their own agenda and attempted to install Neenee and/or Adytus as Delegate of Lazarus. Keep in mind that Neenee had just been a Guardian of the West Pacific before then as well, so they were very much pushing for one of their own to become Delegate of Lazarus. They had no regard for Lazarus' sovereignty then, and I have no confidence they'll have any regard for Lazarus' sovereignty in the future, particularly after Halo's Delegacy has ended and depending on who is selected to replace him. The tentacles Neenee has in that region still run quite deep and I don't believe the West Pacific can be trusted over the long haul.
Moreover, I have serious concerns about us adopting another treaty with another raider-leaning region. Lazarus is supposed to be neutral, but our treaty choices are definitely imbalancing us toward the raider sphere. With Osiris, a treaty made sense. We had a preexisting and pretty well rooted relationship. I don't think this treaty makes much sense for us, for the above reasons, and I don't like the network of regions this particular treaty would start to shift us toward. The West Pacific has treaties with, among others, The East Pacific, Balder, and The Land of Kings and Emperors. These are not regions that have historically been friendly to Lazarus, except occasionally TEP in an on again, off again way, but TEP has been downright bizarre with Fedele in office there. I don't think being tangled in a web with those regions is desirable for Lazarus, and getting into a treaty with TWP is going to mean a more complicated situation in regard to our stance toward TWP's allies. I would rather we didn't. And I would rather see more balance in our treaty pursuits going forward. Raider-leaning regions shouldn't be the only regions we're looking toward for alliances. I'm sure that hasn't been intentional, don't get me wrong. But I do think it's something we need to be more mindful of going forward. It's important that Lazarus maintain its neutrality.
I do commend Tubbius and the Foreign Affairs team for the work they've done on this though. I just think we should look elsewhere.
Cormac Skollvaldr
"We are all misfits living in a world on fire." - Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"
"We are all misfits living in a world on fire." - Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"