Strategic position: India has to rethink its diplomatic stand with the growing animosity between the US and China. Xinhua
THE problem for a medium-sized, aspiring regional power such as India in evolving a strategic doctrine is to ensure in-built provisions that allow quick pivots as the geopolitical situation evolves.
With that caveat entered, on the flip side is the fact that there are emerging meta trends in the world which just cannot be ignored.
The most prominent of them, there can be little doubt, is the beginning of what experts have termed the new Cold War, with the China replacing the USSR as the USA’s primary global adversary or, to use Ronald Reagan’s (in)famous phrase, “empire of evil”.
The Straits Times
A doctrinal dilemma for China and the US: Statesman
The paper says China is expanding its territory and influence as a global power while seeking to isolate the US from its allies.
Chinese and US flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai on April 14, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS
PublishedJun 29, 2021, 11:55 am SGT
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