advise to the invertebrate -- Raja Mohan- Bending the Arc of Crisis

nov 15th, 2009

raja mohan forgets one other factor: that singh views himself as a fllunkey of america. his body language (that of a low-level peon-type) gives him away.

form over substance. who gives a rat's ass about 'first state visit to the US' when obama and hillary have been all over the map making state visits pointedly avoiding india?

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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bending-the-arc-of-crisis/539940/0

Bending the Arc of Crisis

C. Raja Mohan Posted online: Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 at 0211 hrs

 

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to Washington later this month, the deepening regional crisis in Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond is thrusting itself on to the very top of the bilateral agenda.

The gathering tension — internal, bilateral and regional — across the western and north-western flanks of the subcontinent must begin to over-ride four widespread perceptions or misperceptions about his visit to Washington.

The first is that the prime minister is likely to duck the most important national security debate in Washington today — on the future of America's role in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The second, India may have little to offer the United States on Afghanistan and even less on Pakistan. The third is that after departure of George W. Bush from the White House, Washington is drawn towards the CCP in Beijing on global issues and to the GHQ in Rawalpindi on regional security questions, leaving the relationship with India in a limbo. The fourth is that both sides are thinking too small about the meeting between Dr Singh and Obama. Instead of using the visit to unveil a transformative agenda, the fears are that Delhi and Washington may be settling for a long list of minor deliverables.

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