Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.
Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.
IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
Are these editors dumb? How is US voting with russia bad for India, I can’t see the correlation. Maybe stop publishing articles until you possess the skills necessary to be an editor. And one of the major ones is an unbiased opinion about things you’re publishing, which is completely absent here.
The question to ask is, Is this a transient, four year phase in the foreign ( also domestic ) policy of the United States. Or does it represent deeper impulses to contribute less in terms of leadership and resources to preserve an international rules based order. ( With some aberrations like Gaza ). 2. There are other sources of power and influence in the global order, moving from the Atlantic to Asia. But US retreat is not a good development. India has staked too much on friendship with the United States. It would be prudent to recast foreign policy for both superpowers. America is not the solution to all our problems. And China is not the monstrous problem of our imagination.
The Print’s editorial team is severely lacking in its depth of understanding as far as security strategy and geo-politics is concerned. Mr. Shekhar Gupta may think of himself as some security policy pundit but that’s far from the truth.
It’s true that US voting with Russia is abnormal. But it is not necessarily against India’s interests. Nor should India start worrying unnecessarily over this new “alignment”.
Also, Mr. Gupta and his editorial team’s visceral hatred of and contempt for President Trump comes through very clearly. One can easily see through the fog and even speculate about the reasons for the same. I would leave it to the intelligent reader to connect the dots and figure out the issue.
Are these editors dumb? How is US voting with russia bad for India, I can’t see the correlation. Maybe stop publishing articles until you possess the skills necessary to be an editor. And one of the major ones is an unbiased opinion about things you’re publishing, which is completely absent here.
The question to ask is, Is this a transient, four year phase in the foreign ( also domestic ) policy of the United States. Or does it represent deeper impulses to contribute less in terms of leadership and resources to preserve an international rules based order. ( With some aberrations like Gaza ). 2. There are other sources of power and influence in the global order, moving from the Atlantic to Asia. But US retreat is not a good development. India has staked too much on friendship with the United States. It would be prudent to recast foreign policy for both superpowers. America is not the solution to all our problems. And China is not the monstrous problem of our imagination.
The Print’s editorial team is severely lacking in its depth of understanding as far as security strategy and geo-politics is concerned. Mr. Shekhar Gupta may think of himself as some security policy pundit but that’s far from the truth.
It’s true that US voting with Russia is abnormal. But it is not necessarily against India’s interests. Nor should India start worrying unnecessarily over this new “alignment”.
Also, Mr. Gupta and his editorial team’s visceral hatred of and contempt for President Trump comes through very clearly. One can easily see through the fog and even speculate about the reasons for the same. I would leave it to the intelligent reader to connect the dots and figure out the issue.