{"id":248996,"date":"2023-06-21T20:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=248996"},"modified":"2023-06-21T20:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:56:34","slug":"pratap-bhanu-mehta-on-modis-us-visit-making-of-a-high-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pratap-bhanu-mehta-on-modis-us-visit-making-of-a-high-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Modi\u2019s US visit: Making of a high point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cPratap Bhanu Mehta on Modi\u2019s US visit: Making of a high point\u201d <\/strong>published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d <\/strong>on 21st June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 – Bilateral groupings and agreements<\/p>\n

Relevance – <\/strong>Issues related to India and US bilateral relationship<\/p>\n

News <\/strong>– PM Modi is on a visit to the US.<\/p>\n

What is the status of India and US bilateral relationship?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The most striking thing about the current moment is the sheer asymmetry <\/strong>of what the US is offering. It is offering high-end technology and co-production possibilitie<\/strong>s with a power that is not an ally. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The US wants a long-term partnership<\/strong> where India becomes important to US supply chains. <\/strong><\/p>\n

India is leveraging these relationships to create a manufacturing ecosystem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The situation on the border with China is critical. India\u2019s power projection capabilities<\/strong> have faced criticism. But the US is making efforts to strengthen Indian capability for countering Chin<\/strong>a.<\/p>\n

Why is the US accepting this asymmetrical relationship with India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The US is being far-sighted in accepting the asymmetry in this relationship<\/strong>. This is a smartly pre-emptive move<\/strong> on the part of the US in two respects.<\/p>\n

First, even at the low point of Indo-US relations<\/strong>, the US recognised that India\u2019s stability i<\/strong>s important for it. The US is already facing a hostile Russia, China and Iran. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Second, even the Middle East,<\/strong> including Saudi Arabia and Israel, is slipping into potentially adversarial territory<\/strong> for the US. Europe is diverging from America\u2019s approach to China. <\/strong><\/p>\n

In this context, if India moves away from the US, the current world order based on US supremacy <\/strong>will upend very quickly.<\/p>\n

The US investment in India is not just because they have a common adversary in Chin<\/strong>a. In the long run, the US will need to ensure India is not closer to any other power<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The US\u2019s best investments have been when it has accepted these asymmetrical burdens<\/strong>. One of the examples is its relationship with Europe.<\/p>\n

The second pre-emptive move is to bring India into the US military industrial complex.<\/strong> Keeping India out of that complex during the Cold War simply pushed it towards the USSR<\/strong>. But the US defence industr<\/strong>y will also need the Indian market.<\/p>\n

What is the enduring puzzle of international relations?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If China is really interested in challenging the US, it would have made peace with India<\/strong>. China’s less assertive behaviour<\/strong> on a border dispute with India is beneficial for it. It would have made America\u2019s global standing<\/strong> even more vulnerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cPratap Bhanu Mehta on Modi\u2019s US visit: Making of a high point\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 21st June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 – Bilateral groupings and agreements Relevance – Issues related to India and US bilateral relationship News – PM Modi is on a visit… Continue reading Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Modi\u2019s US visit: Making of a high point<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-248996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700807011,"cached_date":1704870225},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}