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| One more step for normalising Indo-US relations | | | | Equations among countries in he world keep on changing. There seems to be nothing static in the domain of political equations. If till early 60's it was Hindi- Chini Bhai Bhai slogan that had its echoes in the Himalayan region this equation has changed and since the Chinese armed attack on India in 1962 the equation between Delhi and Beijing has become as unpalatable as sour milk. Though they continue to be friends but Delhi and Moscow do not seem to solely bank on each others' support. After the birth of Bangladesh one had expected Delhi and Dhaka to be the most friendly countries. None had envisaged that soon after the death of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman the relations between India and Bangladesh will become as tense as one sees between Delhi and Islamabad. While India has started losing goodwill in some countries it has been able to promote cordial ties with other nations, particularly the USA and Japan. One feels that the era of mistrust, suspicion and conflict between Delhi and Washington has started fading into history. In fact the author of improved relations between the US and India had been none other than the former American President Bill Clinton. Apart from his wavering strategy vis-a-vis India the immediate predcessor of Barack Obama, George Bush, too had been a votary of friendship with India. During his time the width of the chasm between the two sides had started getting narrower despite the fact that he worked under the illusion of sending weapons and other military hardware to Pakistan in order to help Washington in setting up bases for targetting activists of Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and on Afghan-Pak border belts. He like his predecessors and the immediate succssor did not realise that the arms being supplied to Pakistan were being used by militants against the Indian Government in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere. Whatever may be the compulsions on the part of Washington for embracing India fully change in Delhi-Washington equation has started gettting clear. And the credit should be given to Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, whose cotton like soft approach to world affairs has impressed the US president, Barack Obama. And during his recent visit to Delhi Obama was instrumental in further cementing the relations with India. His commitment that he would support India's claim for a permanent membership of the UN Security Council had created a healthy atmosphere in India. This very announcement seems to have reduced the level of strained relations that was the highlight of Indo-US equation for the last over 55 years. And it seems that Obama's comitment has found support from the top political leaders and law makers in the United States. This is evident from the way a resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives. In support of the r esolution the movers have stated that India deserved to be taken up as a permanent member of the UN Security Council because of its commitment to global peace and on account of being the world's largest democratic country. The resolution has been sent to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs for necessary action. The mover of the resolution has sought procedural actions required to amend Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations. Whether the resolution is adopted or whether India is able to get the seat of a permanent member in the UN Security Council is not as important as the US support to India's case. Already Obama's support to India's claim for a seat in the UN security Council had been opposed mildly by Pakistan and China. This way India needs to promote ties with Washington so that Beijing and Islamabad do not feel free in needling Delhi. No doubt India is committed to nonalignment but the fast developing political and security scenario in the world has forced countries to show tilt towards one nation or the other. It is all for survival and let Delhi learn the art of surviving mischief from its immediate neighbours by maintaining close links with both Moscow and ashington. India cannot afford to live in isolation when it is yet to emerge as a super power. Since there is a nuclear race among various countries even a super power like America cannot afford to live in isolation or in conflict with major nations. |
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