Posted on 10/29/2020 2:03:27 AM PDT by Cronos
Chinese aggression has made it impossible for New Delhi to continue with its usual ‘engagement where possible’ refrain, because there are hardly any areas where engagement seems possible between the Asian neighbours. Trade,technology, Taiwan and Tibet, every aspect of their bilateral engagement seems to be in play at the moment.
In the last few weeks itself, we have seen the Quadrilateral security grouping comprising the US, Japan, Australia and India emerge out of irrelevance into something concrete. By finally inviting Australia to the Malabar exercises, there’s now an attempt to give the so-called Quad a military quotient.
India is reportedly thinking of a trade deal with Taiwan to give ballast to a relationship which has a lot of potential. And India’s two-plus-two ministerial dialogue with the US saw the two nations signing the long-pending Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), which allows for the sharing of high-end military technology, logistics and geospatial maps.
...India’s views about partnerships have indeed evolved in recent years. A fluid global environment has opened up possibilities for India to enter into ‘issue based coalitions’. But when confronted with serious national security threats, such coalitions of the willing are inherently constrained.
It’s always preferable for nations to fight their own battles but if it can get support from other like-minded nations, it enhances the confidence of that nation in managing its national security priorities much more effectively. Ruling out alliances completely from the policy matrix is a mistake that no serious nation should ever make. After all, alliances and partnerships are not an end in themselves; for a responsible nation, they are a means to a larger end – security and prosperity of its citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
India has had a long history of fence sitting going back to Nehru and the “nonaligned” movement. Time for them to take a stand.
Sorry, I don’t trust the head of any nation affiliated with the Saffron Party.
Look it up.
The other major party is socialist+Islamist+communist+leftist.
Communist, socialist are better than saffron nationalists, right?
Biden & Kamala the most liberal senator better than nationalist Trump! Hahaha
World War is coming.
I see South Korea being added to this group. And, of course, Taiwan.
On the Chinese side, they have Russia and Iran. Possible Turkey if it spills into the Middle East.
Then Greece and France, Israel fight Turkey, and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states fight Iran, and Pakistan goes after India.
Europe dithers until they’re invaded, just like the late 1939 “Sitzkrieg” war on the Germans the French never fought until Blitzkrieg smashed them in May of 1940.
Africa? South America?
I don’t see world war coming.
Firstly - China does not “have” Russia and Iran.
Putin has been very pragmatic with China - they won’t fight on their sides unless they get a good deal out of it. Even then, they won’t fight on the Chinese side against India.
Ditto for Iran - Iran has strong ties with India. They won’t mind elbowing out India for China economically, but militarily? No.
Furthermore, Iran can project its force just up to Syria and across the Persian Gulf - they can’t project it to india. Their military is a joke.
And for Pakistan - they are imploding, with Baluchi separatists, Pathans arguing for the NWFP to merge with Afghanistan (Afghanis HATE Pakistan) and the Pakistan Taliban attacking Pakistani government. That and add a sinking economy
I see that as an internal problem for India, and that problem should not hinder cooperation with India on security issues we hold in common with India.
The other thing that the article demonstrates clearly is, who are China’s “allies” in Asia??? There are none other than Pakistan and some central Asian former Soviet states that China is courting. The rest of Asia views China with skepticism, regardless of any trade between them.
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