Delhi Loses in Its Own Backyard

[kawaraj]

Thats the way out for progress for South Asia.

Sri Lanka-BD-Maldives-Bhuttan-Nepal-Pakistan all should club with China for a better future together they are more powerful

I doubt India force is in reality a hegemony in the ocean, or only to it's coastline region. The real hegemony is USN and the upcoming PLAN.

Indian ocean will soon become a hot spot for US-China super power competition. Just observe how much influence China has built in Africa, that's a huge counter influence of US ME presence.

The change will bring both opportunity and challenges to the region. I hope Pakistan and our neighbor S.L., Maldive, etc. will ride on the good part. It's a turning reality yet many choose to ignore this imminent strategic movement.

 

[acid rain]

unfortuantely for you and the people who think like you, religious countries have tons of natural resources that you need, hate em or like em, can't live with them either these are the same religious countries that india is dying to do business with.

Doing business is different from getting involved in their business.

 

[T90TankGuy]

The problem of small countries cocking a snook at the region's superpower is that while it seem good for the ego and the masses. its always the smaller country that suffers. given the attitude of the Maldives govt . which investor will be willing to invest with them now?

 

[BanglaBhoot]

The problem of small countries cocking a snook at the region's superpower is that while it seem good for the ego and the masses. its always the smaller country that suffers. given the attitude of the Maldives govt . which investor will be willing to invest with them now?

Regions superpower??????

 

[T90TankGuy]

Regions superpower??????

Well lets see, the world looks at us like that . is it our fault you don't?

 

[JonAsad]

Well I don't think Myanmar will go against India. If they try India will try and come up with a better deal. Maldives is making it hard for itself. Don't mess with India since you know you don't even have an army.

Whats the role of an army in solving a bilateral economic crisis?-

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Thats the way out for progress for South Asia.

Sri Lanka-BD-Maldives-Bhuttan-Nepal-Pakistan all should club with China for a better future together they are more powerful

Some people cannot live without their masters
Lage raho China

 

[kobiraaz]

wait i didn't understand one thing. How come Maldives a radical state??? Just because they prefer their pakistani brothers as they are sunnis, they have become radical??? there are far more radical minded pdf hindu ( banned and not banned) than entire Maldhivian population!

 

[Type 055]

India is losing its influence rapidly in its own backyard. All 6 countries that don't like Indian influence in moving towards China. Next step will be when India loses power inside its own country and Sikhs, Tamils and Muslims demand their independence from India. It's like a domino effect. First you lose already independent countries then you lose to the internal separatists groups. Churchill was right.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Such acts of defiance will only embolden the larger guys like SL, BD, etc. India needed to make an example of Maldives. A strong leader would have seen this as an opportunity to reinforce India's domination, at minimal cost.

Bullying a small nation? wow what a revelation

It is a cycle mate - Myanmar had enough with China and the isolation. So turning its back to China inspite of the support China provided and moving closer to US, western countries, Japan and India.

Likewise, Maldives is moving closer towards China for no fault of India and the radicalism is not helping here.


India need to come up with a strong policy - Not taking on these small players but play the cat and mouse game with China. If China comes into IO, India need to enter the SCS and establish strong partnership with Japan and Vietnam and other countries. But do not dither when China offers some superficial friendship and ditch your friends. Once you take a decision and set a strong hawkish policy, there is no turning back.

But will the politicians at Delhi have the spine for a hawkish policy?

As usual, you Indians don't have spine, and your Tit for Tat tactic is just a joke. your gorvernment have tried and failed, then cried again for China not to do construction work in Paksitan Kashmire, and other minister said this

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/world/15608827/india-minister-we-must-accept-china-in-our-backyard/

 

[Developereo]

wait i didn't understand one thing. How come Maldives a radical state??? Just because they prefer their pakistani brothers as they are sunnis, they have become radical??? there are far more radical minded pdf hindu ( banned and not banned) than entire Maldhivian population!

That's the new catchphrase: whenever someone uses the phrase "radical Islamist", that's code for "dares to oppose us".

Western media popularized it, but now everyone's abusing it.

 

[CZAR]

Bullying a small nation? wow what a revelation

Just taking a page out of China's Manual on Tibet.

 

[CZAR]

wait i didn't understand one thing. How come Maldives a radical state??? Just because they prefer their pakistani brothers as they are sunnis, they have become radical??? there are far more radical minded pdf hindu ( banned and not banned) than entire Maldhivian population!

How did Maldives become a radical state??

Hasan Amir - a Lieutenant in Maldives National Defense Force - tells us how.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...9Ju_Mr&sig=AHIEtbRcGNRMisAGz803di1Bf1lzKdCfQw

 

[Sedqal]

Such acts of defiance will only embolden the larger guys like SL, BD, etc. India needed to make an example of Maldives. A strong leader would have seen this as an opportunity to reinforce India's domination, at minimal cost.

 

[Kiss_of_the_Dragon]

Some people cannot live without their masters
Lage raho China

why don't you go looking at the mirror yourself first. Your Indian key word in the debating with Chinese are: Japans, U.S, UN, the rest of the world and....