Will US make
India its strategic partner?
The next U.S.
President will have to focus on the frosty relationship with an angry
Russia. The idea of world’s two greatest military powers is now a thing of the
past. Today, US is the only great
power with China trying to share the control over the World with US. Under such
a circumstance, the only way out for US is to make India the strategic partner
of US.
President Putin
pursues an aggressive foreign policy framed around what he regards as Russian
interests. The Obama administration’s coercive diplomacy in dealing with
Russia’s aggression has widened the rift. The
suspension of Russia from the G8 negated
the goodwill built, since the 1990s, between Moscow and the West. Today, Russia
is a shadow of what the Soviet Union was at its peak. Its economy is struggling.
Its currency is in a free fall. Russian
only got some control over Central Asia and Caucasus. And its foreign policy
doesn’t have any high moral ground.
But in an
international system largely dominated by the U.S., Russia is still an extremely
consequential military power. Its non-cooperation with US to resolve several of
today’s crises makes US treat it as a “rogue” nation, trying to isolate and
weaken it.
It is difficult
for the ordinary citizen to have an exact understanding of the politics of NATO
and Russia. But on the basis of what appears in the media, both in the West,
and in India, one does not understand, for example, the reason of the clash
between the Americans and the Russians in Syria. How is it that, after 6 years
of civil war in Syria, no one among the public knows the name and the face of
the rebel leader opposing the Asad regime. Obama is obviously averse to commit
his country to one more war.
Russia is
opposing ISIS in Syria which has emerged as the most dangerous and brutal
terrorist organisation. The conflict stems from the fact that Syria is Shia
dominated country and regime which Saudi Arab wants to topple. USA being a
supporter of Saudi Arab is opposing Russia in Syria. Even ISIS emerged in the
wake of political vaccuum left behind by USA when they toppled Saddam Hussain.
In the past,
both US and Russia were controlling the world. At the same time the two super powers
always opposed each other. They were like businessmen competing with each other
in selling their arms and ammunitions to neighbouring countries whose relations
are not cordial. If the government of a particular country was supported by
Russia, US would then support the rebels. And if Russia supported the rebels,
US supported the government. Thus their opposition to one another led to their
frequently interfering in internal wars of fellow democratic countries and
supplying of various arms to rebellions to fight against their local
governments (and vice versa) and creating instability in those countries and this
way they would settle scores with one another.
Russia has
displayed military drill with Pakistan recently after Uri incident. Then, why
we have to purchase war weapons from Russia? The same will be sold to Pakistan
also. This way, the Indo-Pak conflict becomes more intense. Though US is dominating
today and has succeeded in weakening Russia to a great extent, it faces danger
owing to the combined show of strength which Russia and China are trying to
display. Under such a circumstance, it would be wise on part of US to make
India its strategic partner.
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