Two summits, awash with pageantry, in four months. A hyphen is getting wedged between China and USA. ( Each September session of the UNGA also shows that it is getting wedged more firmly between India and Pakistan ). When Secretary of State Rubio says that this is the bilateral relationship which will shape the twenty first century, he is being completely truthful, not even very prescient. When President Obama said India – USA would be the defining partnership of the twenty first century, he was being indulgent. Indians, among the smartest people on the planet ( that includes the Editor and me, for sure ) got a little carried away. 2. Asia will observe the unfolding dynamic between China and USA with exceptional interest. Japan. India. No one gains from its veering into conflict. They should also prepare for the contingency of the two superpowers arriving at understandings where their interests are not always heeded.
Two summits, awash with pageantry, in four months. A hyphen is getting wedged between China and USA. ( Each September session of the UNGA also shows that it is getting wedged more firmly between India and Pakistan ). When Secretary of State Rubio says that this is the bilateral relationship which will shape the twenty first century, he is being completely truthful, not even very prescient. When President Obama said India – USA would be the defining partnership of the twenty first century, he was being indulgent. Indians, among the smartest people on the planet ( that includes the Editor and me, for sure ) got a little carried away. 2. Asia will observe the unfolding dynamic between China and USA with exceptional interest. Japan. India. No one gains from its veering into conflict. They should also prepare for the contingency of the two superpowers arriving at understandings where their interests are not always heeded.