this is a another interesting strategic view.
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Treat India as a potential foe, says US expert
PTI
Washington, July 13

AN INTERNATIONAL relations expert at the Asia Pacific Centre for Securities' Studies advised Bush Administration to treat India as a "potential foe" while suggesting to try to "placate" Beijing by promoting a confederation of Taiwan and China.

Prof. Donald Lane Berlin from the Honulolu-based centre says while India's nuclear arsenal will be developed mainly to counter China and Pakistan, it may be "aimed" at the United States due to concerns over Washington's alleged "global hegemony" and "interventionism".

"India's development of nuclear weapons is also motivated by concerns about alleged US global hegemony and interventionism and, to that degree, is 'aimed' at the United States," he writes in an article, "The Growing Nuclear Weapons Threat: An Assessment of US Strategic Options", in Strategic Review magazine.

"Today, we face Russia and China. We also face, or may soon face, India, Iran and North Korea, all of which will loom larger in future US defence calculations," Berlin says.

He recalls the reply of then Indian Chief of Army Staff when asked about the lesson for India from Desert Storm, "Don't fight the US without nuclear weapons."

It is a lesson that has been the subject of unremitting attention and detailed analysis in China, Russia, India and throughout Eurasia, he warns.

Prof. Berlin urges a frank dialogue with Beijing about its security needs, and what Chinese strategic objectives, if any, could be met by means of bargaining as opposed to China's ongoing strategic build-up. "What might it take for the United States to induce China to abandon its current course of continued build-up of nuclear weapons?" he asks.

Answering the questions himself, he says, "The United States has an overwhelming interest in ensuring that China's nuclear force remains small. This objective likely can only be achieved if Washington offers Beijing some combination of concessions. These concessions could include adoption of a proactive US posture designed to facilitate a solution to the Taiwan problem."

"Such a solution would be premised on the 'One China' principle to which the United States is already committed. US willingness to encourage Taipei to sit down and negotiate with Beijing an arrangement for unification, presumably with an eye on bringing into being some kind of confederal State, could be an extremely powerful lever with Beijing," Berlin says.

Berlin's views command some attention, though at odds with those of the Bush Administration. He served in the Defence Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon and holds a Master's Degree from the US Naval War College
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[This message has been edited by rvikz (edited July 13, 2001).]

The American's are in two minds about India huh? Surprise, suprise. Guess they figured that an economic laggard like India had no hope of ever rivalling let alone take on the might of Great China.

But it's good to see that the American's are prepared to push the Taiwanese towards China. Another example of American loyalty towards it's long time allies.

it depends on china what it wants .
china want to compete with usa for super power status? or give up the challenge for economic progress

Originally posted by rvikz:
it depends on china what it wants .
china want to compete with usa for super power status? or give up the challenge for economic progress

When has China ever wanted to rival the United States? It is the American's who are always so pathetically making noises about China. And that is because China continues to grow and grow economically year after year, and there is nothing the United States can do about that. In 2007 China will be the world's largest economy, that scares the hell out of the USA.

Originally posted by CM:
Typical, The US wants to play india against China.
It is that simple.

Exactly CM, India getting a pat at the back as long as India is US pawn in this new game fo chess. US is the master of playing its pawns.

Originally posted by CM:
Typical, The US wants to play india against China.
It is that simple.

And when the Indian's receive another 1962-style drubbing from the Chinese the American's will drop India, and that will be that!

I love your wishful thinking.

I don't want to burst your bubble, carry on, i am out of here.

i am out of here.

That's what the Indian's said in 1962 when they were under relentless Chinese pummeling.

[This message has been edited by Malik73 (edited July 13, 2001).]

Originally posted by mAd_ScIeNtIsT:
Interesting to note how India is seen as a potential threat to the United States - and Pakistan is not.
Go figure which country in South Asia is internationally known for its aggressive designs......

Yes, a country that can't defeat a few thousand Kashmiri fighters, despite having 10 times as many as soldiers - how can that country ever be a threat to any great power.

there is no idelogical differences between west and india . india chose western model of democracy . democracies dont go to war
with each other.

democracies dont go to war with each other


Nah they're to busy waging war on others to do that. The USA in Vietnam, the French in Algeria, the Russians in Chechnya, and the Indian's in occupied Kashmir. And guess what? They end up being defeated in the end as well.