East Africa's geopolitical environment was indeed quite secure. Under such conditions, the primary threats East Africa might face in the future would come from the north and west—namely North Africa and West Africa.
But that would be difficult to achieve. Unless those two regions unified, they simply could not possess the strength to contend with East Africa. With colonial powers planting their flags everywhere across West Africa, the future would likely see a heap of countries with different cultures emerge.
"East Africa has no desire to involve itself in international affairs, but we are still quite interested in economic cooperation with other countries. That is also the shared hope of both our peoples." Ernst changed the subject.
Cooperation was certainly not a problem. However, East Africa's main strategic direction at present was economic development. Occasionally driving a nail into Southeast Asia or the Pacific to prepare for the future was also a major national policy direction.
Of course, that was mainly because there was not much left elsewhere to expand into. In this regard, East Africa and Germany were actually in similar situations. Aside from some scraps in the Pacific, there was basically no room for expansion left in the world; the major regions were all in British and French hands.
Naturally, East Africa was slightly better off than Germany. It possessed quite a few colonies in the Pacific region, mainly because East Africa held a geographical advantage over Germany. After all, however many Asian and Pacific colonies Germany had possessed in its previous life, it had ultimately spat them all back out; there were simply too many seas to cross.
In truth, East Africa was much the same. Although it had gained some footholds in the Asia-Pacific region, as long as the Strait of Malacca remained in British hands,