tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post4575247567667660443..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: The quad conundrumBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-24463640340845204652017-11-02T06:47:37.751-07:002017-11-02T06:47:37.751-07:00Dont understand what kind of restraint has China m...Dont understand what kind of restraint has China made wrt to Pakistan ., training them to make nuclear missiles nuclear warhead designs entire nuclear reactors enrichment technologies building up their air farce gifting them 8 submarines all sorts of early warning radars etc etc ..restraint ? really !!!Dr Deannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-30242476925650318052017-10-31T19:12:04.433-07:002017-10-31T19:12:04.433-07:00"Instead, Beijing may feel unrestrained in pr..."Instead, Beijing may feel unrestrained in propping up Pakistan as a counterweight to India." Is this a joke Ajay? Are you suggesting for one moment that Beijing has been showing "restraint" in propping up Pakistan against India? That would be the usual foolish and delusional thinking that Indians display when it comes to their enemies. India may be the only country that thinks they can control their enemy's actions by being passive and weak and not teaming up with like minded countries. Even a fool without blinkers will see that the Chinese have always done whatever they felt they needed to do with absolutely no consideration for India. Indian "thinkers" however, have always liked their blinkers.Brownian Motionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02826592941462953632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-66235521865734252942017-10-31T05:35:10.012-07:002017-10-31T05:35:10.012-07:00A very relevant topic indeed. India must be wary o...A very relevant topic indeed. India must be wary of being cajoled into any such alliance. The basic fact is that you cannot change geography. India was and will always be a neighbor to China. So it really makes sense to invest in a healthy relationship with China in the longer run. While it may seem like the United States is leaning towards India and the biased western media might make it seem like it is for India's benefit, it is definitely not the case. At least it's not as simple as that.<br />By pushing even only one advanced weapons system in the Indian-subcontinent, the US and the West in general can be assured of an arms race between China and India. And the worse part? It's India which will have to foot the bill for such multi-billion dollar weapons systems initially. Once that happens, the US can sit back and relax. The military dynamics will take over with China manufacturing/deploying even more advanced counter systems. Please note that China typically manufactures it's own military equipments. While India will have to increasingly look towards the West for answers, paying through the nose in any case. This will kick start a vicious cycle of sorts with the West assured of deals worth total of even hundreds of billion dollars in the longer run.<br /><br />What that would also mean is India snubbing Russia as the major defense partner. Russian systems may not be as 'advanced' as Western counterparts but are effective nonetheless. More importantly, they are not as costly as the western ones.<br /><br />It's in the interest of India to remain 'neutral' as much as possible.<br /><br />Hope sense prevails!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-80911084046069052922017-10-31T04:46:33.406-07:002017-10-31T04:46:33.406-07:00Propping up Pakistan more? this sort of defeatist ...Propping up Pakistan more? this sort of defeatist attitude has ensured that we have no friends to count upon internationally. And no one wishes to help us due to our sanctimonious lecturingSid Thorathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001975282125575284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-48813242142552331012017-10-30T23:23:08.459-07:002017-10-30T23:23:08.459-07:00But isn't Beijing already propping up Pakistan...But isn't Beijing already propping up Pakistan since 1947 anyway? What has India to lose except live with domestic violence - so to speak? China is supporting militants in the East, waging a proxy war via Pakistan, even disregarded all conventions and international treaties and armed Pakistan with Nuclear weaponry. Do we still fold back so as not to irritate such a violent neighbor?Millard Keyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11977478261887311256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-39726469244729809242017-10-30T18:52:15.789-07:002017-10-30T18:52:15.789-07:00Nicely summarised article. What do you recommend ?...Nicely summarised article. What do you recommend ?sudhirvirulkar@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16754716545652199648noreply@blogger.com