Vajra_Yuddh
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A welcome step towards developing wonderful technological and mutual people to people ties with USA. But I don't think India is in any mood to join any camps. We have become too big to join any camp and hence follow our age-old policy of "strategic partnership" rather than any formal alliance.
NATO was built to counter USSR and Warsaw Pact which is significantly losing its clout; NATO countries have to toe in US lines while we are independent country with independent stance in foreign policy and military doctrine; NATO is a liability only an economy the size of US can manage. We should focus on extending our "influence" in southeast and fareast Asia alongside Southern African countries and Latin America.
We are way better off being neutral and friendly than being any formal ally. We are already allies against terrorism that even Russia is allied to US against terrorists. So "strategic partnership" is the magic mantra.
NATO was built to counter USSR and Warsaw Pact which is significantly losing its clout; NATO countries have to toe in US lines while we are independent country with independent stance in foreign policy and military doctrine; NATO is a liability only an economy the size of US can manage. We should focus on extending our "influence" in southeast and fareast Asia alongside Southern African countries and Latin America.
We are way better off being neutral and friendly than being any formal ally. We are already allies against terrorism that even Russia is allied to US against terrorists. So "strategic partnership" is the magic mantra.