Saturday, November 23, 2013

Why Does India Have No Alliances?

Why is it that so many other successful countries out there have alliances, but India seems to disdain it, with the word "alliance" being a dirty word in Indian politics?

http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/why-does-india-have-so-many-strategic-partners-and-no-allies/

Perhaps it's because the pre-requisite for any alliance among nations is to have your own nation and sense of nationalism in the first place. Because India is politically still in a pre-national state and has yet to evolve into a real nation where national interests predominate, we're still stuck with party-first and tribal-first politics, which eschews any attempt to put anything ahead of party, factional, or tribal interests.

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