{"id":34316,"date":"2018-10-30T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34316"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:24:59","slug":"big-vision-hazy-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/big-vision-hazy-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"Big vision, hazy detail:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/big-vision-hazy-detail\/article19935660.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big vision, hazy detail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the seven countries he visited last week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chose to focus on India while spelling out his strategic vision. He highlighted the role of India in the U.S\u2019s plans in two spheres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Afghanistan, as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s new South Asia Policy, and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Indo-Pacific, as part of U.S. plans to counter China\u2019s influence and contain North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Outcome of visit:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b><b> \u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both India and U.S spoke about building an alternative coalition to counter China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative as well as its aggressive moves in the South China Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For its part, India desisted from any clear commitments on joint patrols to ensure freedom of navigation \u00a0in the South China Sea, or even on the foundational agreements the Indian and the U.S. militaries must conclude to deepen cooperation in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Challenges:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While India and the U.S. have taken great strides in aligning their vision and their hopes for future partnership, reality often trips up such lofty goals. The reasons for this are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1-<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b>Geography:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American troops remain in Afghanistan, it is difficult for the U.S. to completely disengage from Pakistan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For India, while a maritime relationship with the U.S. is desirable, geographic proximity to China makes a very close alliance with the U.S. difficult.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other issue pertains to the strategic confusion within Washington and Mr. Trump\u2019s withdrawal from U.S. commitments in Asia, Europe and at the UN, drawing questions about its reliability as a partner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Recent development on India-US relations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The India-U.S. \u00a0Commercial ties have seen an uptick in recent years with NDA government\u2019s market oriented reforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is presently the US\u2019s ninth largest goods trading partner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is also one of the fastest growing sources of foreign direct investment in the US, at nearly $11 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a groundbreaking development illustrating growing economic convergence, the US delivered its first shipment of crude oil to the Paradip port a few weeks ago. This will lay the foundation for a burgeoning cooperation in the energy sector.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian startups are now open to receiving 100 per cent funding from foreign venture capitalists \u2014 a recent reform implemented by the government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0A recent report predicts dramatic shifts in the global economic order by 2050 \u2014 six of the seven largest economies will be emerging economies led by China and India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India will need $4.5 trillion in investment by 2040 for infrastructure and economic growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is crucial for India to be able to develop its infrastructure, attract capital and cutting-edge technology, grow its economy and advance opportunities for its people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> America has become a major arms supplier for India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America has begun to clear the path for strategic regional coordination between two nations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India-US Defence Relations<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>T<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he defence partnership has been blossoming, growing and expanding over the last many years. In 2005 India-US framework agreement on civil nuclear cooperation was signed. This was renewed in 2015.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently India was designated as \u201ca major defence partner\u201d.This is a designation that the US provides to its NATO members, to its allies like Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. India will also be stepping into these ranges of countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are large numbers of initiatives on defence cooperation and one of them is Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting from the base level of zero in 2005 where there was no exchange, US has become the second largest supplier of defence equipments to India with orders more than $15 billion. \u00a0There is scope of making it trilateral by bringing in India-US-Japan or India-US-Australia. The Malabar exercise is in good progress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many indicators to prove that India \u2013 U.S relationship in defence and also in other areas like science, knowledge, and culture is in bright spot for both the countries.There are talks about Counter terrorism where we see prospects of greater relations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, India and United States signed the LEMOA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b> Significance of Present visit for India-U.S bilateral relations:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visit set the course for India-U.S. relations going ahead, mapping convergences in connectivity, trade and economics and counter-terrorism cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America wants to be India\u2019s most \u201creliable partner\u201d in an increasingly uncertain world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The U.S. put India at the very heart of America\u2019s efforts to balance an increasingly assertive China.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b> T<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he meeting will lead to more intensive regional collaboration between the US and Asian democracies- India, Japan and Australia \u2014 to ensure peace and promote prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In facing up to India\u2019s concerns about Pakistan\u2019s use of terror as an instrument of foreign policy and China\u2019s quest for hegemony in the Indo-Pacific, Trump and Tillerson have raised hopes for a closer regional alignment between Delhi and Washington.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tillerson sketched out a crucial role for India in maintaining in stability in the Asia Pacific region\u2014along with partners like Japan and Australia besides the US. This was against the backdrop of the unpredictable rise of China.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India should resist the temptation for an endless debate on whether America can move away from China and Pakistan and be India\u2019s reliable partner. Delhi should focus, instead, on strengthening practical cooperation wherever possible with Trump\u2019s Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both the countries need to work together on the political and security challenges across the Indo- Pacific region, from mounting tensions with North Korea, the Rohingya crisis, and India\u2019s own standoff with China over Dokhlam to the lingering challenges in Afghanistan<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big vision, hazy detail:\u00a0 Context: Of the seven countries he visited last week, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson chose to focus on India while spelling out his strategic vision. He highlighted the role of India in the U.S\u2019s plans in two spheres. 1- \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In Afghanistan, as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s new South Asia&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/big-vision-hazy-detail\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big vision, hazy detail:\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704884810},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34316","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}