Do you think that India could be an autonomous strategic pole and play a leading role in bringing together a group of countries that refuse to align themselves with one of the two major blocs, the United States and China?
Right now our focus is to capitalise on the massive & by the looks of it , irreconcilable differences on trade between China & its proxies like Vietnam among other members of the ASEAN on the one & hand & the US on the other hand .
The EU seems to be fence sitting regarding China. In fact Macron has gone on record earlier asking for an independent EU policy on China. How & why exactly is it that the EU is seeking reconciliation with China is beyond me or us out here ?
Your economy wasn't in a good shape even otherwise as the world emerged from the Wuhan virus pandemic & before you realise it , Russia invades Ukraine & the EU shoots itself in the foot regarding banning Oil & Natural Gas purchases from Russia & you're on the verge of a recession.
To make matters worse China's out gunning western companies in China earlier & now across the world. To that extent the US recognised the danger & banned Chinese EV entry in to the US market along with other items like solar panels etc.
However, the EU is still welcoming of China's trade.The best course of action would be for the EU to co ordinate policies with the US irrespective how mugh you guys despise Trump be it on Russia , on China , on trade & especially on Taiwan.
This is important . Once the above mentioned issues are thrashed out , one way or another , you can then pursue a policy independent of the US
And if so, do you think that closer cooperation as an equal partner with Europe could be envisaged in this perspective?
The EU as it does exist in the shape & form it is in today , isn't in our interests either from the political , the economic or security perspective. Ideally if the US Deep State wants the EU to dissolve & is working actively for it ,we ought to render as much assistance we can to the former.
We've a existential civilizational war coming up in the latter half of this century , likely earlier . We need a completely neutral world at that point in time . To win that war we need to ensure the US , EU , the Arab world & China are de fanged.
To that extent the US & China will cancel each other out over Taiwan. As far as the EU goes , it'd be Russia over Ukraine & with oil losing its primacy to Li ion batteries , the Arabs will face difficult days ahead along with a huge drop in influence..
You may not like these views but as a famous line goes & keeps recurring in The Godfather series - tell him it was only business , nothing personal.
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