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8 January 2017
The new "CIA"... China, India and America
Shakespeare wisely said, "There is a tide in the affairs of men,
which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage
of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries." Such a window of
opportunity has now opened for India to join the 'A' league of powers.
The election of Donald Trump has opened this window.
A rocky, probably even turbulent, road lies ahead for US-China
relations. Even before taking office, Trump has challenged China on many
fronts, from trade to Taiwan. In the face of this, India has two
choices. It can sit back and smack its lips with satisfaction watching
the travails of Beijing as it handles the mercurial Trump. Or it can
cunningly exploit this new turbulence in US-China relations to catapult
itself into a new 'A' league of great powers, best captured in the
acronym: CIA. CIA will now stand for China, India and America.
The big question here is whether India can be cunning. Calm and
detached cunning geopolitical calculations are supposed to be the
hallmark of strategic thinking. It is therefore puzzling that sometimes
petulance seems to trump cunning in Indian strategic thinking. Every
time a new 'slight' appears, India responds with great emotional
agitation rather than with an effort to see if adversity can be turned
into an opportunity.http://primeindiatoday.in/2017/01/new-cia-china-india-america/
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