Thursday, December 29, 2005

From the mailbox: **India in the emerging Asian balance of power

dec 29th

it would be a factor, that is, if our politicians had any cojones. instead, i am sure the prime minister reiterated after the IISc attack that the next time there is another terrorist attack, he's going to get really, really mad, and he's going to hold his breath until he's blue in the face. of course, this will not affect the 'piss process' with pakistan, he would have repeated.

forward by the tireless ram narayan

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From: Ram
Date: Dec 28, 2005 7:13 AM
Subject: **India in the emerging Asian balance of power
To: rajeev.srinivasan@gmail.com

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1583739,00120001.htm 

HINDUSTAN TIMES.COM

The Rising

Manoj Joshi

December 28, 2005

Condoleezza Rice, Wen Jiabao, Junichiro Koizumi's visits, the signing of a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation agreement with Singapore, participation in the East Asia Summit and its active role in the WTO negotiations — all in 2005 — are perhaps the best indicator of the pivotal role that India has begun to play in the emerging Asian balance of power. The year gone by, and the one to come, have enormous significance for India because today it occupies a unique geopolitical position in Asia.

Located where it is, on the flanks of the Asean and the East Asian region, and those of the West and Central Asia, India is in a swing-zone from where its huge working age population, intellectual resources, manufacturing and agricultural potential and military power, can enable it to influence events in these regions.

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