The meeting between S Jaishankar & his US counterpart Mike Pompeo comes as the India-China border stand-off in Ladakh looks set to continue through the region's harsh winter.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said efforts should be made to enhance mutual trust, instead of targeting a third party or harming third party's interests.
Data shows re-alignment in India’s exports, with Tamil Nadu & Telangana posting strong growth in 2024-25 as traditional heavyweights Gujarat & Maharashtra see declines. Gujarat still leads, though.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
Let us face it, India and the ‘Hindu nationalists’ got a beating from China, and do not know how to react.
The Hindus are used to reacting against Pakistan, or fighting within the country. With Pakistan, they can carry out something and say they were successful, even if they were not. But not with China.
The Hindus seek refuge in Quad and hope others will check China. But the others do not have borders with China. They are not going to cut relations or fight for India.
India with its Hindu militancy has got into a position where it faces a coordinated two front war. It has a shrinking economy, Covid has gone beyond control, and Hindus have nothing better to do than fight with Muslims over a TV ad.
The sooner Hindus start daydreaming about being a Hindu power, and start to work hard, and govern India properly, they will get somewhere.
Did Ram Madhav really write this ? I have seen him in a Mehdi Hassan interview, and also a BBC interview, with Stephen Sackur and in both, he came across as a typically uncouth low IQ RSS Hindu.
This article is on the whole sensible compared with what Seshadri Chari writes. Chari is another RSS fellow who writes here optimistically about how India has the upper hand and is making China run. I do not see similar bombast from Ram Madhav, at least here.
Quad won’t become a NATO.. NATO had/has stable borders (albeit tense) , we don’t. No democratic head of state would want to be forced into declaration of war because of our border skirmishes. If the Quad becomes a NATO then it would be one without Article 4 – which defeats the purpose and essence of NATO.
I suppose the broad Agenda of QUAD is to keep China under check. Particular actions in this regard by member countries can’t be orchestrated into a symphony for public performance. Like somebody rightly stated in these columns earlier, though QUAD members will be seen reading from the same book, each will be on a different page. That is precisely the difference from a NATO.
Actions and reactions to emerging diverse situations on the world stage are not detailed in any text book nor can they be programmed to be run on a computer. What is definite is that within a framework, each member has to work out its own actions and reactions to suit a particular circumstance.
‘What is definite is that within a framework, each member has to work out its own actions and reactions to suit a particular circumstance.’
For the Indian framework, you told us we have a reliable chowkidar who has been running tirelessly to make up for 70 years of stagnation.
All this is wishful thinking on your part. There is no quad per se. The new US administration of Joe Biden that would come in on November 3, would be busy for a long time in reviving America’s economy, which is in recession now. it has also said that it can’t take on China alone. It is pulling out of Afghanistan and Germany, a NATO ally. So, obviously it is not looking for a fight with Chin. It wouldn’t have any time. to attend to China, or foreign policy. Australia is also fighting recession by exporting to China, and it has told America in no uncertain terms that it doesn’t want to strain its relations with China. Japan has lot of investment in China to worry about. Its business community is pressuring its government to not strain relations with China. Moreover, Japan’s new PM owes his jjon to a politician who is pro-China. So, remains India, the only country out of the so-called quad, that has to deal with China on its own. None of the other countries have a land dispute with China, AND NO COUNTRY IS GOING TO FIGHT ANOTHER COUNTRY’S BATTLES. EACH COUNTRY IS ON ITS OWN! No other country has a stake in Ladakh. The world is in deep recession, and no country can afford a war. A modern war would be very expensive. All counties want to do business with China, as a result of which its exports are very high at present.
The world will deal with China as it considers best. For India, the stakes could not possibly be higher. There have been several missteps in our foreign policy in recent years. This is one relationship which we should handle impeccably.
Ram Madhav has given a comprehensive picture of Quad from its inception to present position. Now Quad is more active than earlier. However, he expressed doubts from certain quarters, as to why Australia, Japan and India were not vocal against China unlike America’s Mike Pompeo in the recent Tokyo meet? Why those subdued statements? America doesn’t belong to Asiatic region. It’s far away. It can make any noise. The other Quad counties including India should be calibrated in their approach. What S Jaishankar did, is the right way.
Jaishanker’s speech is vague and not very far from Manmohan Singh’s appeasement and avoiding the real issue. His policy about Ladakh is also very vague and entirely based on “disengagement” not on status quo ante. He may be a good diplomat, but, is he a good Foreign Minister ?
A balanced approach is needed in deciding the roles & responsibilities of each participating country . Lay down specific goals for mutual interests & to ensure security as the prime objective besides economic cooperation. A well written article highlighting the issues from Indian perspective. Rightly said that it should not become another NATO .
Let us face it, India and the ‘Hindu nationalists’ got a beating from China, and do not know how to react.
The Hindus are used to reacting against Pakistan, or fighting within the country. With Pakistan, they can carry out something and say they were successful, even if they were not. But not with China.
The Hindus seek refuge in Quad and hope others will check China. But the others do not have borders with China. They are not going to cut relations or fight for India.
India with its Hindu militancy has got into a position where it faces a coordinated two front war. It has a shrinking economy, Covid has gone beyond control, and Hindus have nothing better to do than fight with Muslims over a TV ad.
The sooner Hindus start daydreaming about being a Hindu power, and start to work hard, and govern India properly, they will get somewhere.
Did Ram Madhav really write this ? I have seen him in a Mehdi Hassan interview, and also a BBC interview, with Stephen Sackur and in both, he came across as a typically uncouth low IQ RSS Hindu.
This article is on the whole sensible compared with what Seshadri Chari writes. Chari is another RSS fellow who writes here optimistically about how India has the upper hand and is making China run. I do not see similar bombast from Ram Madhav, at least here.
In deed a clear opinion, dialogue is a good step but it has to be built with very strong Agendas to see some results…
Quad won’t become a NATO.. NATO had/has stable borders (albeit tense) , we don’t. No democratic head of state would want to be forced into declaration of war because of our border skirmishes. If the Quad becomes a NATO then it would be one without Article 4 – which defeats the purpose and essence of NATO.
I suppose the broad Agenda of QUAD is to keep China under check. Particular actions in this regard by member countries can’t be orchestrated into a symphony for public performance. Like somebody rightly stated in these columns earlier, though QUAD members will be seen reading from the same book, each will be on a different page. That is precisely the difference from a NATO.
Actions and reactions to emerging diverse situations on the world stage are not detailed in any text book nor can they be programmed to be run on a computer. What is definite is that within a framework, each member has to work out its own actions and reactions to suit a particular circumstance.
‘What is definite is that within a framework, each member has to work out its own actions and reactions to suit a particular circumstance.’
For the Indian framework, you told us we have a reliable chowkidar who has been running tirelessly to make up for 70 years of stagnation.
All this is wishful thinking on your part. There is no quad per se. The new US administration of Joe Biden that would come in on November 3, would be busy for a long time in reviving America’s economy, which is in recession now. it has also said that it can’t take on China alone. It is pulling out of Afghanistan and Germany, a NATO ally. So, obviously it is not looking for a fight with Chin. It wouldn’t have any time. to attend to China, or foreign policy. Australia is also fighting recession by exporting to China, and it has told America in no uncertain terms that it doesn’t want to strain its relations with China. Japan has lot of investment in China to worry about. Its business community is pressuring its government to not strain relations with China. Moreover, Japan’s new PM owes his jjon to a politician who is pro-China. So, remains India, the only country out of the so-called quad, that has to deal with China on its own. None of the other countries have a land dispute with China, AND NO COUNTRY IS GOING TO FIGHT ANOTHER COUNTRY’S BATTLES. EACH COUNTRY IS ON ITS OWN! No other country has a stake in Ladakh. The world is in deep recession, and no country can afford a war. A modern war would be very expensive. All counties want to do business with China, as a result of which its exports are very high at present.
This is the only intelligent analysis here !
The rest is wishful thinking.
The world will deal with China as it considers best. For India, the stakes could not possibly be higher. There have been several missteps in our foreign policy in recent years. This is one relationship which we should handle impeccably.
Ram Madhav has given a comprehensive picture of Quad from its inception to present position. Now Quad is more active than earlier. However, he expressed doubts from certain quarters, as to why Australia, Japan and India were not vocal against China unlike America’s Mike Pompeo in the recent Tokyo meet? Why those subdued statements? America doesn’t belong to Asiatic region. It’s far away. It can make any noise. The other Quad counties including India should be calibrated in their approach. What S Jaishankar did, is the right way.
Jaishanker’s speech is vague and not very far from Manmohan Singh’s appeasement and avoiding the real issue. His policy about Ladakh is also very vague and entirely based on “disengagement” not on status quo ante. He may be a good diplomat, but, is he a good Foreign Minister ?
Nato is north American terrorist organization . Quad may be another useless organisation .
A balanced approach is needed in deciding the roles & responsibilities of each participating country . Lay down specific goals for mutual interests & to ensure security as the prime objective besides economic cooperation. A well written article highlighting the issues from Indian perspective. Rightly said that it should not become another NATO .