India welcomes US 'Asia pivot'

[Lankan Ranger]

India welcomes US 'Asia pivot'

India welcomes the US engagement in Asia Pacific as New Delhi's vision is to create a web of inter-linkages for shared prosperity and security, according to Indian ambassador Nirupama Rao.

"We want the Indian Ocean and Asia-Pacific regions to develop into a zone of cooperation rather than one of competition and domination," she said at Brown University, a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island.

"We would like to work for an open, inclusive and transparent architecture of regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region, where all major powers in Asia and beyond work together to address the traditional and non-traditional challenges and to create a basis for a stable and prosperous Asia," she said.

"These are the challenges that cut across national boundaries and require cooperative responses," added Rao speaking Monday on "America's 'Asian Pivot': The View from India," at the opening seminar of the Spring 2013 Brown-India Initiative Seminar Series.

"Based on this vision, we welcome the US engagement in the Asia of the Indo-Pacific. The continuance of economic growth and prosperity in both our countries is in many ways linked to the opportunities for growth and prosperity in this region," she said.

"It is a space that impacts our destinies, whose security and prosperity is vital to both of us, and where we have an increasing convergence of interests," Rao said.

India, she said will continue to deepen its engagement with the United States and other partners in the Asia-Pacific region with the goal to promote their collective prosperity, stability and security.

Noting that, the "wellbeing of Asia is equally dependent on the resolution of strife and violence in countries like Afghanistan and the defeat of non-state actors who perpetrate a terrorist agenda in countries like Pakistan," Rao said; "This must be kept in focus as we look to the future."

India welcomes US 'Asia pivot' | India News | newkerala.com

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Stennis Strike Group Arrives in Hawaii for Pacific Deployment

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[notsuperstitious]

In the past India bitterly resented US presence at diego garcia. But in the changed realities in Asia, and the newfound asertiveness of new powers, japan, korea, singapore, australia, thailand, vietnam, phillipines, taiwan etc etc are all going to support the asian pivot.

Although its bad news for Asia, but asia is not united.

 

[Genesis]

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

 

[Srinivas]

Then CCP should rise peacefully without bullying or eyeing others territories, it was China's doing not any Nations fault in Asia.

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

 

[Psyops]

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

This pivot is not only aimed at China. It's also aimed at containing India in the long term. Whatever the US does in Asia, is aimed at keeping any Asian challenger to its hegemony.
India will find out what a ruthless power the United States really is. When India becomes a big economic power and is close to surpassing American power, watch the US form alliances with India's neighbours to contain India.

 

[selvan33]

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

maybe US is trying to play double games in india too. but they don't know that its a not a pakistan and indian policies are different and independent. first comes national interest and second comes regional(asian) interest. so asia is first than US for india.

 

[third eye]

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

Your concern is appreciated.

India has consistently followed an " India First- the world next" policy for over 60 years & its not going to change. Yes there are changes as any dynamic situation should based on realities. Yet, the fundamentals of it policy remain the same.

Friendship, treaties .. yes . No permanent membership or alignment .

Everything on a Case to Case basis.

 

[acid rain]

There's a saying in China when the lips are gone so will the teeth.

India supporting US in Asia to contain China seems fine on the surface, but what happens when you want them to leave?

China, while seeming aggressive, is the only force in Asia capable of driving the US out, because of its military, but most importantly economy.

US is an outside force, they can do what they want and if **** hits the fan, they can leave. We are asians, if things don't turn out good we are screwed.

Vietnam, Philippines have a short memory, I hope India is not the same way, especially since India is in no danger what so ever.

Its the chinese who are forcing other countries hands with their expansionist goals, string of pearls, supporting terrorist and dictatorial regimes and causing unrest and hate all around, meddling in others area of interest and grabbing land, no one likes chinese policies.

This pivot is not only aimed at China. It's also aimed at containing India in the long term. Whatever the US does in Asia, is aimed at keeping any Asian challenger to its hegemony.
India will find out what a ruthless power the United States really is. When India becomes a big economic power and is close to surpassing American power, watch the US form alliances with India's neighbours to contain India.

Of cource, but as the learned would say onee needs an evil to take care of another evil, we can figure out what to do in the future once our enemy's taken care of.

 

[SURYA-1]

This pivot is not only aimed at China. It's also aimed at containing India in the long term. Whatever the US does in Asia, is aimed at keeping any Asian challenger to its hegemony.
India will find out what a ruthless power the United States really is. When India becomes a big economic power and is close to surpassing American power, watch the US form alliances with India's neighbours to contain India.

It will take us more than 3 decades to get close to US economy , that's long very long time in international politics ,I hope by then our differences along LoC will be resolved amicably and we may be working together to strengthen BRICS.

 

[Raphael]

Like a prostitute, enticing Mafia bosses to the region. Repulsive.

 

[SURYA-1]

Like a prostitute, enticing Mafia bosses to the region. Repulsive.

These Mafia bosses saved one prostitute back in 77 from being nuked by Russia, do you remember her name ??

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split

 

[jhungary]

Many people do not understand the term "Asian for Asia", it's totally different than "China for Asia"
Many more did not even realise it's the Chinese themselves pull the American back in the Asian region.

The fact to the matter is, there are 2 big gun in Asia, India and China, if neither one of them stand down from competing from each other, there will not be a united Asia. If you want the US to leave, then Asia need to be truly Asian for Asia, not Indian for Asia, Chinese for Asia or "replace whatever Asian Country name here" for Asia

 

[acid rain]

Many people do not understand the term "Asian for Asia", it's totally different than "China for Asia"
Many more did not even realise it's the Chinese themselves pull the American back in the Asian region.

The fact to the matter is, there are 2 big gun in Asia, India and China, if neither one of them stand down from competing from each other, there will not be a united Asia. If you want the US to leave, then Asia need to be truly Asian for Asia, not Indian for Asia, Chinese for Asia or "replace whatever Asian Country name here" for Asia

Whats happened is the dumb chinese are too early to have taken aggressive steps towards India, their allies aree in the worst possible shape and the chinese have taken on too much all at once. They dont need an enemy in India at the moment but they were stupid enough to tickle an already wary India into an opposing posture. India always knew china's real intents towards it and towards most of its neighbors. The US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA-INDIA block will make it impossible for the bully to win anything. They might even lose out on their gains in SCS and the Himalayas over sometime. China is not that strong to take on multiple great powers and their reliance on a few small nations and on Russia jumping in will not take them too far as china has major unreslved issues with russia and russia knows the chinese will turn on them if they taste victory elsewhere.

 

[Sedqal]

In the past India bitterly resented US presence at diego garcia. But in the changed realities in Asia, and the newfound asertiveness of new powers, japan, korea, singapore, australia, thailand, vietnam, phillipines, taiwan etc etc are all going to support the asian pivot.

Although its bad news for Asia, but asia is not united.

Other then Australia no one will support USA role in Asia in the long run. Rest of countries are using USA as a counter balance against China in a very calculated manner it doesn't mean they are Allies in the NATO sense.