India,US have many shared strategic objectives on China: Think Tank Report.

[DarK-LorD]

NEW DELHI: India and US have many shared strategic objectives vis-a-vis China, two major US think-tanks have concluded. A report prepared by a joint study group for US-based Council for Foreign relations and the India chapter of Aspen Institute has said that for a stable international order the role of China must be sought and enlisted.

"Both India and US have major national interests that are best served by good relations with China," the study says but adds that both countries also find "some Chinese actions incompatible with the reciprocal creation of goodwill".

The report mentions that "heavy handed PRC (People's Republic of China) actions since 2007", have been particularly worrisome for the United States, India and other nations in the region.

The Chinese test of the anti-satellite weapon in 2007, incursion into the Bhutan-India-China border and also the Chinese claim of "indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea" were listed by the study group as some of the worrying Chinese actions.

In their report, the study group mentions that the US and India "will have a challenging task in the period ahead in determining which joint policy responses towards China can be explicit or implicit".

The report went on to say that it was the Chinese external behaviour which "has stimulated New Delhi and Washington to enhance their dialogue on East Asia".

The study suggested several policy prescriptions which could be adopted by the US and India with respect to a more assertive and powerful China. It said that the US should "persistently express its strong support for India's peaceful rise" while India should continue to welcome "US presence in Asia-Pacific".

India, US have many shared strategic objectives on China: Report.
TNN | Sep 18, 2011, 02.29AM IST

The report suggested, "US and India should also regularly brief each other on their respective issues involving China."

Speaking at the release of the report, former Indian ambassador to the US Naresh Chandra said that China and the US had a greater level of engagement than India and the US.

"We do not have a history of working with the US," Chandra said, adding that at one time there were suspicions about the other sides. But "those days in Indo-US relations are now gone", Chandra said.

Apart from Chandra, others who were part of the study group were former US ambassador to India Robert Blackwill, former foreign secretary KS Bajpai, former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra and Ashley Tellis.

The report also suggested that India and the US should strategically work to encourage stability in Pakistan and Afghanistan as well.

India, US have many shared strategic objectives on China: Report.

USA,India,Vietnam,Japan,Taiwan etc should form an alliance on the lines of NATO.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

It should be like an Asian NATO with Asian interests at heart with no link up with the NATO which blindly follows Uncle Sam 's footsteps around the Globe.

 

[Drawn_Sword_of_God]

indeed you have a history of working with the US and Indeed should US and India mind its own business and **** off from pakistan.
What has the US learned after having its nose up others *****? india should learn from them

 

[EjazR]

^^^^^It was not India that was part of CENTO and SEATO by the way and that brought the US into Asia and provided military bases to them in the first place.

 

[peaceful]

It should be like an Asian NATO with Asian interests at heart with no link up with the NATO which blindly follows Uncle Sam 's footsteps around the Globe.

here we have an interesting issue:

China is Japan's largest trading partner.
China is india's largest trading partner.
China is Vietnam's largest trading partner.
China is Taiwan's largest trading partner.

none of these losers are China's largest or second trading partner.
the question comes as who is going to head the alliance? probably China.

now let's look at the problem again:

which country has the only UNSC permanent membership? China.
which country has the largest defence budget in Asia? China.
why Japan is now an ally of the US? because it lost the war with US.

suddenly, all these nations are going to form an alliance to play with China?

80 average IQ live demonstration.

 

[illuminatidinesh]

indeed you have a history of working with the US and Indeed should US and India mind its own business and **** off from pakistan.
What has the US learned after having its nose up others *****? india should learn from them

Dont U think that U should not be saying this?
On topic the US alliance has been always there but not the way the US wanted. There are instances we actually turned them down.

 

[Dash]

here we have an interesting issue:

China is Japan's largest trading partner.
China is india's largest trading partner.
China is Vietnam's largest trading partner.
China is Taiwan's largest trading partner. none of these losers are China's largest or second trading partner.
the question comes as who is going to head the alliance? probably China.

now let's look at the problem again:

which country has the only UNSC permanent membership? China.
which country has the largest defence budget in Asia? China.
why Japan is now an ally of the US? because it lost the war with US.

suddenly, all these nations are going to form an alliance to play with China?

80 average IQ live demonstration.

And what happens when all of these countries decide not to import Chinese items? Including USA?
How will your export driven economy work?...In normal conditions I dont see, but if things got worse then?