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US Intelligence studies had predicted in 2009 that in the near future China would have a more profound impact on world geopolitical affairs than any other country. This has proven true and we are seeing an increasingly belligerent China, backed by an authoritarian regime, facing off with other countries in different parts of the world. That China should play a dominant role in world affairs would be acceptable to others were it not for the overtly aggressive stance adopted by its leaders time and again in their involvement with other countries.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ::
The United States, although in decline, is still the most powerful country in the world. China, with its rise, is involved in a covert eyeball to eyeball confrontation with the United States in almost all areas of the geopolitical arena. Given the new reality, the other economic/military powers of the world are rethinking their strategies and re-aligning their philosophies to best suit their own interests. These players, Japan, Israel, and India among them are dynamically re-aligning themselves with the United States in a strategy which, albeit uncoordinated, is aimed at containing China.
ISRAEL ::
Israel is one of the major players in the region and a long-standing US ally. Although in recent times it has been trying hard to gallop along with the galloping Chinese horse, strategic analysts are of the opinion that its relationship with China does not have a bright future. The main reason for this is that China does not want to ignore strategic and economic investments in the Middle East. It has very good relations with the Arab countries, Turkey, and Iran and has heavy oil related investments in the region, compared to which its investments in Israel are only a fraction. Also there is widespread suspicion in Israel with regard to having close strategic relations with China. A former head of the Mossad is on record for having publicly declared his displeasure with close Israel-China relations because these might jeopardize Israel's US ties.
JAPAN ::
Japan has had a historic military, economic, and cultural rivalry with China. The two countries came very close to a military confrontation as recently as in 2014, when Chinese jets scrambled over the South China Sea. Japan is also disturbed by the militaristic attitude of the Chinese, in relation to the Senkaku islands which are under Japanese control, which the Chinese are claiming.
INDIA ::
India has already been the victim of Chinese military adventurism in 1962, when China invaded Northern India, and then later withdrew unilaterally. Since then India has made rapid strides both economically and militarily and is now in a better position to deal with China. However China still claims large tracts of Indian Territory and keeps making threatening intrusions into the northern regions of India.
Thus, there is a commonality of perception of China as being a domineering and an expansionistic military superpower. It is up to the US and to the other vulnerable countries to take a lead role in the campaign to contain China.
If unchecked with its growing clout, it would mean the imperceptibly subtle imposition of Chinese policies, cultural practices, and dominion, upon the world. It would mean the end of Democracy, and its underlying attitudes of respect for human values, openness, honesty, transparency. This would all be replaced by Totalitarian, Autocratic governments, with Big Brother watching over your shoulders all the time. We would collectively have taken a step back by up to 2500 years, to before the introduction of the concepts of humanitarianism to mankind.
But if the US-Israel-India-Japan alliance incorporates, and if Indian viewpoints are given due weight in this alliance, there appears the glimmer of the appearance of hope of a new world order.
For one, China - and its attendant expansionist attitudes - would be checked. The coastlines from the Mid-East, to the Indian Ocean, to the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean would be secured. The Chinese would be free to develop their economy, and the world would have use of their exports, and would give them needed raw materials.
Besides the above, we see the beginning of genuine warmth, honesty, and openness between the leaders and filtering down to the peoples of all countries. Indians have bred strong in these values for the last 5000 years of their civilization. A far cry from the lonely coldness of the Chinese, or of the modern Western world, the new world order, as influenced by Indian ideals, would be an ethical, colorful, honest, transparent system in which everybody would co-operate for mutual gains based on Gandhian principles of "non-violence at any cost".
And although the Western mind always looks askance at such good-intended scenarios, we must remember that a similar attitude is essential at this juncture of the co-evolution of Humanity and of the Earth, if we are to survive and scrape through at all.
There are too many decks stacked up against humanity already, for us to let the bull enter the China shop now, anyway.
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This article was first published on Defence, Indian Defence, Indian Armed Forces, Defence News, India Defence News, Indian Defence News, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, US Defense News, UK Defence News, World Defence News 3:28 p.m. 14th Sept 2015.
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Article written by Vikram Joshi exclusively for Defence News.
Bachelor's of Commerce, NCR, Delhi
Author of the Book - 'The Alchemy of the Soul
My Personal thoughts is that soon we will have a bipolar World consisting of several poles.
NATO, Israel, Japan, South Korea, India on one side ................. Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and middle east on other side
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ::
The United States, although in decline, is still the most powerful country in the world. China, with its rise, is involved in a covert eyeball to eyeball confrontation with the United States in almost all areas of the geopolitical arena. Given the new reality, the other economic/military powers of the world are rethinking their strategies and re-aligning their philosophies to best suit their own interests. These players, Japan, Israel, and India among them are dynamically re-aligning themselves with the United States in a strategy which, albeit uncoordinated, is aimed at containing China.
ISRAEL ::
Israel is one of the major players in the region and a long-standing US ally. Although in recent times it has been trying hard to gallop along with the galloping Chinese horse, strategic analysts are of the opinion that its relationship with China does not have a bright future. The main reason for this is that China does not want to ignore strategic and economic investments in the Middle East. It has very good relations with the Arab countries, Turkey, and Iran and has heavy oil related investments in the region, compared to which its investments in Israel are only a fraction. Also there is widespread suspicion in Israel with regard to having close strategic relations with China. A former head of the Mossad is on record for having publicly declared his displeasure with close Israel-China relations because these might jeopardize Israel's US ties.
JAPAN ::
Japan has had a historic military, economic, and cultural rivalry with China. The two countries came very close to a military confrontation as recently as in 2014, when Chinese jets scrambled over the South China Sea. Japan is also disturbed by the militaristic attitude of the Chinese, in relation to the Senkaku islands which are under Japanese control, which the Chinese are claiming.
INDIA ::
India has already been the victim of Chinese military adventurism in 1962, when China invaded Northern India, and then later withdrew unilaterally. Since then India has made rapid strides both economically and militarily and is now in a better position to deal with China. However China still claims large tracts of Indian Territory and keeps making threatening intrusions into the northern regions of India.
Thus, there is a commonality of perception of China as being a domineering and an expansionistic military superpower. It is up to the US and to the other vulnerable countries to take a lead role in the campaign to contain China.
If unchecked with its growing clout, it would mean the imperceptibly subtle imposition of Chinese policies, cultural practices, and dominion, upon the world. It would mean the end of Democracy, and its underlying attitudes of respect for human values, openness, honesty, transparency. This would all be replaced by Totalitarian, Autocratic governments, with Big Brother watching over your shoulders all the time. We would collectively have taken a step back by up to 2500 years, to before the introduction of the concepts of humanitarianism to mankind.
But if the US-Israel-India-Japan alliance incorporates, and if Indian viewpoints are given due weight in this alliance, there appears the glimmer of the appearance of hope of a new world order.
For one, China - and its attendant expansionist attitudes - would be checked. The coastlines from the Mid-East, to the Indian Ocean, to the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean would be secured. The Chinese would be free to develop their economy, and the world would have use of their exports, and would give them needed raw materials.
Besides the above, we see the beginning of genuine warmth, honesty, and openness between the leaders and filtering down to the peoples of all countries. Indians have bred strong in these values for the last 5000 years of their civilization. A far cry from the lonely coldness of the Chinese, or of the modern Western world, the new world order, as influenced by Indian ideals, would be an ethical, colorful, honest, transparent system in which everybody would co-operate for mutual gains based on Gandhian principles of "non-violence at any cost".
And although the Western mind always looks askance at such good-intended scenarios, we must remember that a similar attitude is essential at this juncture of the co-evolution of Humanity and of the Earth, if we are to survive and scrape through at all.
There are too many decks stacked up against humanity already, for us to let the bull enter the China shop now, anyway.
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This article was first published on Defence, Indian Defence, Indian Armed Forces, Defence News, India Defence News, Indian Defence News, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, US Defense News, UK Defence News, World Defence News 3:28 p.m. 14th Sept 2015.
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Article written by Vikram Joshi exclusively for Defence News.
Bachelor's of Commerce, NCR, Delhi
Author of the Book - 'The Alchemy of the Soul
My Personal thoughts is that soon we will have a bipolar World consisting of several poles.
NATO, Israel, Japan, South Korea, India on one side ................. Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and middle east on other side
Yes, Japan can join them as a lonely neighbor of Russia and China.
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