China, which has refused to name Russia as the aggressor in the Ukraine conflict, has often criticised the US for bullying other countries with unilateral sanctions. ‘Pay great attention’ The Kremlin said on Tuesday the United States was driving the Ukraine conflict and welcomed China’s growing diplomacy. “Such a large, gigantic, powerful and authoritative country like China cannot but have …
After many decades of hoping to avoid a rivalrous relationship with China, both the United States and India now recognise China as their top security threat. Fundamental to resisting Beijing’s domination is an anti-hegemonic coalition — a grouping of states opposed to China’s hegemony that is strong and cohesive enough to frustrate Beijing’s ambitions. If enough do so, it could …
In Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas there is a beautiful passage about how to defeat a more powerful military enemy. Chanakyan politics should have made us understand long ago that China’s ambitions to emerge as a world power, the proverbial middle kingdom surrounded by barbarians, would compel it to see India as a challenge. Indeed, in Asia, India, as the world’s largest democracy, …
