Much has been made of the “coming out” of the Indian-Israel strategic relationship, following Narendra Modi’s trip to Israel, the first such visit by an Indian Prime Minister.
The relationship has long been an important one, and the closer the ties between the two countries, the closer also is India’s strategic alliance with the United States.
But it is a bit of a stretch to imagine, as Palki Sharma Upadhyay suggests Friday, that this will bring us closer to a treaty alliance in the mold of NATO to counter China:
“In that context, it is one of the most significant foreign policy moves of the Modi government. It could shape the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy and possibly contribute to the idea of an Asian NATO to counter China’s assertiveness in the region.”
The United States, along with India and Japan, are indeed set to begin naval drills in the Indian Ocean next week. But the idea of a treaty alliance spanning from Japan to India is for the time being just a pipe dream for those hoping to contain China’s rise for several glaring reasons.
For one, there is a huge gap of countries with disparate interests and increasing closeness with Beijing spanning the region. Take for example the Philippines. Once considered a possible linchpin of such a “China Containment Coalition,” the country has for the time being pivoted into the warm embrace of Beijing. Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, just to name a few, are all moving closer to China, not closer to the United States.
If China starts annexing its neighbors, which it won’t, this is worth envisioning. But encroachment on disputed territories in the South China Sea and India’s borders has been carefully balanced with much needed investment and financing for countries that need it. A far cry from the dynamics that led to the creation of NATO.
Daniel Maraamu you should be very sensible while writing against any nation, you don’t know abt the other facts and try to make a full picture in one scenario….
Yes we are developing nation but You should also know some facts.
0 zero is launched in india from where the maths started, Decimal is also given by an indian through which you are able to go into space ,
Trigonometry is also belongs to india…
I have explained only one scenario on which whole world is doing calculations if I will tell you each and every thing might be you lick my leg and beg….
Jo Snow.. China has got 14 nations as its borders,but at the same time IT has got border disputes with 18 countries. This shows how china’s behaving with its neighbors..and it’s Expansionist designs
Daniel Maraamu every racist is an idiot ! the more they talk, the more idiot they are ! Im from the Phil. there are many Indians here and they are as decent and as hardworking as anybody !
Chinese wealth created using zero cost labourers from their prisons,the goods are cheap but low quality.China can forget of dumping cheap low quality goods,the good old days are gone.Without India,One Belt One Road Leads to Nowhere!
we dont need china!
Jo Snow you are talking like a frog in well. #NaziChina thinks that they can reenact Hitler act and think that India will capitulate like French. That is nothing short of a pipe dream.
Comming to economy, China’s economy was based on US companies outsourcing. By your skewed logic, #NaziChina should’ve been the biggest "friend" of US.
So don’t delude that you can fool ASEAN with temporary bribes and debt traps. It is matter of time before they give you the treatment you deserve.
Daniel Maraamu ..let me add on to your list..we wash our bums also with our hands instead of wiping with a tissue as we understand difference between cleaning and wiping. If you still didn’t understand what is difference …after next meal clean your plate with soap, water, hand and contrary wipe a plate ..you may get enlightened
Ohooo poor fellow jamati islamist comments..
Ha ha ha ha ha ha..
Upssss nasty islamist Pakistani dog comments here
Mr Perry, don’t be sad for what my President has done in closing in with China. You don’t know the purpose around his actions. Get some wisdom first before judging. He is after the best interest of our people and country not with the cash. Can we get the assurance of other countries to side with us should there be any arm confrontations? Certainly not. We can’t even get a 100% assurance from the US before. We trust our leader. We are praying for him.
Jo Snow So let me get this straight – China opposes Indian NSG membership, prevents sanctions against terror sponsors in Pak, keeps feeding Pak nuclear stockpile, keeps aiding Pak weapons, opposes Indian entry into UNSC, traps Indian neighbours like Sri Lanka into a debt trap and captures bases for proximity to India – yet you accuse India of being anti-Chinese? Forget India, logic and truth are your biggest enemies. If India were to be anti-Chinese, it would stop bilateral trade TODAY, India will lose only ~ $ 5Bn but China would lose ~ $40Bn. That trade is still on, shows that we don’t mean war but Chinese seem to be itching for one.
And FYI most of Japanese – Indian collaboration is over infrastructure – something we don’t trust the Chinese with (for obvious reasons), it is expansionist China that keep seeking allies for solely military reasons.
Jo Snow You quote one vague Indian media piece, I can quite you 100s that call out China for the warmonger it is trying to be, so it’s pointless but you wouldn’t know how free media works, would you? And let me get this straight, you think that free Indian MSM is biased and your Communist Party lapdog Chinese media is the prophet of truth? Please sell that to your fellow faux commies and concubines in Pakistan cuz the free world ain’t buying it. Sure we will remember 1962 but you too must remember lessons from 1967 and Chinese adventurism in Vietnam in 1979.
All India is asking for is maintenance of status quo and both sides withdrawing from disputed areas – something an expansionist Chinese regime cannot deal with for it thinks its the new top dog & goes around bullying neighbours from Taiwan to Tibet.
Eat this – China’s closest allies (more like Chinese keeps) are DPRK & Pakistan – the two famous troublemongers of the world – I rest my case.
CHINA IS BY FAR THE WORST COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD! They are the most dirty, thieving, lying, cheating, greedy, animal abusing, stupid, racist pigs I have ever met. They steal western ideas and pass them off as their own. They pee, spit, and smoke WHEREVER THEY WANT (once in an elevator a man peed while I stood inside, the smell was vile. A women allowed her son to take a crap at the top of a supermarket escalator what and many more disgusting things I can’t explain as don’t have the space).
They only care about money and never help people in a crisis (and by people I mean a 2 year old girl who was hit by a car in the middle of the street while people walked on by like it didn’t happen).
Charity doesn’t exist, esp not for animals. Abuse towards animals happens on a daily basis almost like a sport and is the sickest form of abuse I have ever witnessed (not personally witnessed because I would have killed the bastards but seen in chinese video clips and can tell with their general hostile attitude towards animals), once I invited a chinese friend to my home when she met my cat she said "aaww" before slapping her in the face hitting her nose and causing her mouth the bleed WWTF I’ve never shouted so loud.
They are racist towards foreigners. They are violent beyond belief even more so when drunk, it is like a culture to smack women when drunk here. They are so stupid it surprises me that they have enough brain cells allowing them to breathe. I have lived here for too long (2.5 years) can’t wait to escape. I’ve had fun experiences here, no thanks to the Chinese and their rude, unwelcoming, uneasy way of life. I swear when god created the world he made heaven EVERYWHERE else and China is HELL.
Im from nepal. All i can describe Indian government with one word that obviously be bullshit. Indian government is the biggest problems for its neighboring countries to its development path. I wish if there wasnot this indian country with indian bullshit government then rest of the south asian countries would be a prosperous and more friendly to our good neighboring country china and we would be having win win deals and mutual understanding for our peoples. India dont want south asian countries go hand in hand with china because it so much jeolous that these countries will develop with china and untimately loose its political gribs in its neighboring countries. Shame on you india and you evil motives. Indian government was/is/ will not be good and friendly country to its neighbors. So when India will get trouble no country will be heartfeltly willing to help. Rise with china and fall with indian gocernment.
Giri Raman Delusional Indian who is content at been play by your one government and MSM. The back staber has a name, that is India. You have now become psychopathic.
Here is in your own publication on what really happened around 1962,
What China Means When It Says India Needs to ‘Remember the Lessons from History: https://thewire.in/154895/china-india-war-1962/
"Till late 1959, the report points out, the Indo-Tibetan border was a dormant one. The army was not even involved in policing it – the task had been left to the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. But two violent clashes – in August at Longju on the western edge of NEFA, and in October at Kongka La on the Kashmir-Xinjiang frontier – turned it into a ‘live’ border.
The government’s task for the army was “to restrict any further Chinese ingress into Indian territory in Ladakh” and “to establish our rights of possession on our side of the McMahon Line and to prevent infiltration”. Both these directives were very far from the forward policy that Maxwell claimed Nehru had adopted in the early-to-mid 1950s."
Japan will not be on Indian side. Japan is not as stupid and delusional as India. Japan may have hard time go back to its right place after a fluke of short time in history, but they will get over it. Japan is not India, and is playing ofr India’s money.
China, a serious threat to civilized countries. Cambodia, laos, thailand, myanmar are communist chinese puppets.
Another Cold war for me. Indo-Sino War. Indo-Sino,Pak added Japo other side . Three having nuke with ICBM also North Korea will join other side.
Can be radiation Asia. #AgniVI, #DF31B , #ShaheenIII will launch with nuke when mass causality.
Daniel Maraamu you’re an idiot to attacked and dig dirt on India while depending the dirty, arrogant expansionist China. Chinese eat anything they can put in their mouth. Either you’re so misinformed or just another China’s dog. China has always been a loser! Now that they found a newfound wealth (although a big majority of the Chinese still live in poverty) they’re are now so arrogant and abusive, specially to small countries in ASEAN. China depends on ASEAN countries as much and vise versa. Japan, US and South Korea are the main reasons why China is the second highest GDP in the world. But considering their big population, China is still a second rate country with much lower average personal income in comparison with industrialized countries This ambitious imperialist Chinese would not stand a chance!
Daniel Maraamu Wow, just how much racist venom can a person have? Give me any major civilisation on this planet and I could single out worse things – Chinese to Arabs to the Europeans – but not I’m not a xenophobe like you. Obvious that all decency has taken leave of you for good, must be quite a blissful life with all that ignorance!