{"id":30658,"date":"2018-10-26T17:19:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=30658"},"modified":"2018-10-26T17:19:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T11:49:53","slug":"always-a-rule-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/always-a-rule-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Always a rule-maker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/always-a-rule-maker\/article23166400.ece\"><strong>Always a rule-maker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The inaugural International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit underlines India\u2019s place in the new world order. Global equitable sustainable development, which is the basis of the ISA, suggests a \u2018third\u2019 way to the inequality and environmental damage characterising the current U.S. and China-led models.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US and China weakening multilateral rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is an emerging clash in the United Nations, World Trade Organisation, and the climate treaty with the U.S. weakening multilateral rules by redefining what is \u2018fair\u2019<\/li>\n<li>It is also becoming clear that in a multipolar world China cannot shape rules for the \u2018Asian Century\u2019 by itself<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>India should fill in the gap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The shift fills the gap in the thrust of the \u2018Chinese dream\u2019 and \u2018America first\u2019, both of which ignore sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ASEAN considers India as a balancing factor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In January, the big takeaway from the ASEAN-India Summit was that countries in the region questioned the benefits of China\u2019s model of a new order and the U.S.\u2019s commitment to the existing order and considered India as a balancing factor.<\/li>\n<li>This is also why China and the U.S. are seeking to work with India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Challenge for India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The challenge for India is to take advantage of global trends and push infrastructure, e-commerce, human capital and technology development to position itself in the emerging global economic triumvirate, which must operate within global ecological limits, and as a cyber global power<\/li>\n<li>India should now give primacy to rules that will chart a path for its own sustainable prosperity rather than seek similar interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Importance of Indo China cooperation realized<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The two sides have just recognised \u201csensitivity to each other\u2019s concerns, interests and aspirations\u201d and China has suggested they \u201cmeet halfway\u201d<\/li>\n<li>New opportunities are emerging with Beijing\u2019s willingness to discuss Delhi\u2019s concerns about Pakistan and the BRI<\/li>\n<li>The aim should be to demarcate the border, a colonial legacy, and for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation to develop Asia-specific rules for non-aggression to institutionalize China\u2019s stated support for non-hierarchical relations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What India needs to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Working with China jointly to set new multilateral rules:<\/strong> Questions around the existing political and economic order suggest that India should not reject collaboration in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which is the framework for a new order. Rather, it should work with China to jointly set the new multilateral rules. <u>Examples:<\/u> RCEP, BRICS Development Bank, ADB<\/li>\n<li><strong>India needs to extend its influence in Asia: <\/strong>A U.S. withdrawing from economic multilateralism needs India to shore up its strategic influence in Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, India will have to make hard choices. It will need to strike a balance between being a part of the Quad and partnering with Russia and China, as they are now considered the biggest threat by the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always a rule-maker Context The inaugural International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit underlines India\u2019s place in the new world order. Global equitable sustainable development, which is the basis of the ISA, suggests a \u2018third\u2019 way to the inequality and environmental damage characterising the current U.S. and China-led models. 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