A bit-more player (India in Asia)

[Guynextdoor2]

Not only that, the Han majority was always ruled by foreigners like manchus and mongols. They were incapable of ruling by their own.

If race is Important to them that counts too. But I don't like to go on the racial side. So whoever is in power, they're been b***ch-slapped

 

[Bang Galore]

Will Washington allow the pursuit of positive foreign policy?

President Barack Obama, second from right, first lady Michelle Obama, left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Indian President Pranab Mukherjee pose for photographers in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

By Fareed Zakaria Opinion writer January 29 at 5:51 PM

NEW DELHI

President Obama’s trip to India was strategically important, symbolically resonant and deftly executed. But it coincided with a snowstorm in some Northeastern states, so it struggled to get airtime and ink in the United States. In India, on the other hand, newspapers devoted pages to the visit every day, and television coverage was wall-to-wall. It even got the attention of the Chinese government, which denounced the new friendship.


Obama’s trip highlights an opportunity and a problem. Foreign policy consists of two elements — negative and positive. Negative foreign policy is about preventing bad things from happening — confronting dangers and dealing with bad guys. It’s the stuff that makes the front page and the evening broadcast. It is important but is really only one aspect of securing America’s future — protecting it from the downside.

Positive foreign policy is focused on the upside. It’s about building new relationships, expanding markets and opportunities, strengthening alliances and values. Positive foreign policy secures the foundations of the liberal world order in which we live. The Truman administration contained the Soviet threat, but it also built up the community of free nations through the Bretton Woods system and other such institutions.

Obama’s India trip was a perfect example of positive foreign policy. The United States has been forging new ties to India since the Clinton administration, with a policy that has been strategic and bipartisan. Obama’s decision to attend India’s Republic Day — celebrating its constitution — marked a tipping point.

India has gone from being a country, 30 years ago, that was reflexively anti-American to one that is increasingly pro-American. Indian society has long been attracted to America, but in recent years, the Indian government has been moving away from its encrusted ideology of “nonalignment” to something far more practical. Its energetic new prime minister, Narendra Modi, has pushed his government in an unambiguously pro-American direction.

Bringing India closer to the United States could have broad benefits for Washington and the world. With more than 1.2 billion people, India is likely to become the next global goliath. And while it will probably never grow as fast as China, because of its size even 7 percent growth over the next two decades — quite attainable for India — would give it a loud voice in the world’s councils of power.

India is the most significant example of the benefits of positive foreign policy, but there are other important ones as well. Indonesia is Asia’s next-most populous democracy — with the world’s largest Muslim population. Here, too, America is deepening a relationship with a country that was once suspicious of Washington but is now far more welcoming of it — particularly of this president.

The most remarkable opportunity presents itself in Mexico. Thirty years ago, Mexico was defined by its anti-Americanism. Politicians routinely blamed the U.S. government and CIA for everything from riots and disorder to bad weather. And it wasn’t just the regime — the public shared in the suspicion of Yankee imperialists.

Today Mexico is a different country. Its economy is inextricably linked to its neighbor to the north, its politicians regard America as their natural partner, and the culture has become Americanized in many respects. Despite the demeaning way in which so many U.S. politicians speak about Mexican immigration, Mexico’s diplomats and politicians know that their country’s interests are tightly aligned with Washington’s, so they take the high road.

The upsides of success are significant. If the United States can partner with India and Indonesia (in addition to its alliance with Japan), it is far more likely that Asia — and the world — will be characterized by free trade, multilateralism and rules-based systems. Stronger relations with Indonesia could have an impact on the broader debate about reform in the Muslim world. And a deeper set of ties between the United States, Mexico and Canada could create a North American economic and political union of sorts that would be more interconnected, vibrant and powerful than any regional bloc in the world.

But all of this takes time and effort. Pushing these countries to reform is hard work. Showing up remains vital, especially in Asia. (Obama has had to cancel two trips to Indonesia.) The constant drumbeat to deal with the crisis du jour — somehow Washington must now rescue and stabilize Yemen — fails to recognize “opportunity costs.” Every day spent on one more band of thugs in the Middle East is a day that cannot be spent on India or Mexico.

The world presents the United States with remarkable opportunities. Asia, Latin America and Africa are all moving in the right direction. But these trends are not automatic or self-sustaining. They require Washington to be engaged and assertive — and also need a political and media climate in which the urgent does not always trump the important.

Will Washington allow the pursuit of positive foreign policy? - The Washington Post

 

[Beidou2020]

Never forget the fact that you're the epic b***ch of Asia. The founder of your state had a son sent to Russia as a hostage. And boy did he slap you around.

And don't you forget you're STILL the pawn of the Western powers. When your master says jump, don't forget to jump Indian

Not only that, the Han majority was always ruled by foreigners like manchus and mongols. They were incapable of ruling by their own.

Hindus were ruled by the muslims for 1000 years. For all those centuries you were praying to god to free you from the muslims and god arrived in the form of the British and gave your backward civilisation a country to call your own. Without foreigners, you would still be starving to death and defecating in the streets....oh wait

 

[Bagha]

And don't you forget you're STILL the pawn of the Western powers. When your master says jump, don't forget to jump Indian



Hindus were ruled by the muslims for 1000 years. For all those centuries you were praying to god to free you from the muslims and god arrived in the form of the British and gave your backward civilisation a country to call your own. Without foreigners, you would still be starving to death and defecating in the streets....oh wait

1000 ? Bro, wait is that what they teach at school in China .
You are poor in History and Maths too Ghori wasn't even born then.
And no the Muslim never ruled the whole India together.
And their is a difference in being ruled by different religion and by different ethnic people.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

And don't you forget you're STILL the pawn of the Western powers. When your master says jump, don't forget to jump Indian



Hindus were ruled by the muslims for 1000 years. For all those centuries you were praying to god to free you from the muslims and god arrived in the form of the British and gave your backward civilisation a country to call your own. Without foreigners, you would still be starving to death and defecating in the streets....oh wait

You still are the b***ch of the world. Case in point- reclaim that HUGE debt you keep harping the US owes you.

 

[Judge]

In modern history no country has been as much a b***ch to another like China was to Soviets. Mao, the murderer of millions quaked in his boots when he thought of Stalin. He never went to attend his own father's funeral but made it a point to go to Russia to attend Stalin's and plentifully cried- the man who never cried at his fathers death or while killing millions broke down, and this after Stalin kept his Son as a hostage in Russia for most of his lifetime. You really are the example of 'epic b***h' in modern history.

What a post mate

 

[SrNair]

India is nothing but an Anerican pawn. To say otherwise is beyond laughable. India will continue to do what Western powers tell them to.

India is too weak to be relevant by itself in Asia and the world. So it has decided to be a slave to the Western powers to be relevant up to a point Western powers allow it to.

It's not surprising since India was not even a country before the British created the artificial country we call India. So it's in their culture to play the role of the slave to the Western master.

They have centuries of experience at it.

Lolwa
What an emotion like Scooby doo
You should console yourselves like this.More you did ,more will be good for us.
And Just look at your media and leaders

That's why you Indians are still the only people to be proud of Western colonisation

You know why Indians are so grateful for Western colonialism, because the West gave you a country to call your own.
That is why the Indians will forever be in debt to the Western powers and will continue to be a sacrificial lamb to the Western powers for decades and centuries to come.

The West created India, never ever forget that fact

But we didnt suffer episodes like Chenghis in China and Nanking .
Number of European powers F you at same time by giving Opium

 

[protest]

That's why you Indians are still the only people to be proud of Western colonisation

You know why Indians are so grateful for Western colonialism, because the West gave you a country to call your own.
That is why the Indians will forever be in debt to the Western powers and will continue to be a sacrificial lamb to the Western powers for decades and centuries to come.

The West created India, never ever forget that fact

Yes, Aliens used to live in India before that..and British gave us India by droving them off.. Cool...

 

[Srinivas]

Seems the end of times have come for the online chinese who try to boast about them selves. It has been a nonsense for almost a decade on online forums for other nationalities.

India is nothing but an Anerican pawn. To say otherwise is beyond laughable. India will continue to do what Western powers tell them to.

India is too weak to be relevant by itself in Asia and the world. So it has decided to be a slave to the Western powers to be relevant up to a point Western powers allow it to.

It's not surprising since India was not even a country before the British created the artificial country we call India. So it's in their culture to play the role of the slave to the Western master.

They have centuries of experience at it.

 

[arbit]

In modern history no country has been as much a b***ch to another like China was to Soviets. Mao, the murderer of millions quaked in his boots when he thought of Stalin. He never went to attend his own father's funeral but made it a point to go to Russia to attend Stalin's and plentifully cried- the man who never cried at his fathers death or while killing millions broke down, and this after Stalin kept his Son as a hostage in Russia for most of his lifetime. You really are the example of 'epic b***h' in modern history.

rofl epic!

 

[me_itsme]

Stop trying to talk sense in to that Chinese troll. He is just butthurt.

 

[vsdave2302]

In modern history no country has been as much a b***ch to another like China was to Soviets. Mao, the murderer of millions quaked in his boots when he thought of Stalin. He never went to attend his own father's funeral but made it a point to go to Russia to attend Stalin's and plentifully cried- the man who never cried at his fathers death or while killing millions broke down, and this after Stalin kept his Son as a hostage in Russia for most of his lifetime. You really are the example of 'epic b***h' in modern history.

Are Wah @Guynextdoor2 bhai Tumne to Khush kar diya. You really fixed those idiots.

 

[my2cents]

lets toast to India, America friendship. Who cares if Chinese butt hurts...

 

[OrionHunter]

India is nothing but an Anerican pawn. To say otherwise is beyond laughable. India will continue to do what Western powers tell them to.

Will you say the same thing about your deeper than the ocean, all weather friend, Pakistan too? After all, it has been living on American doles since the past 60 years and been its pawn too in various American alliances like the SEATO/CENTO at the behest of their masters.

 

[vsdave2302]

lets toast to India, America friendship. Who cares if Chinese butt hurts...

It is modi's Juice vs Obama's wine.