Iran has proved out to be the most weakly dealt external issue by India. India’s unscathed stand on contentious countries proves nefarious stand of our think tanks on the issue. Though Iran is one of the most energetic (having much gas) nations and having a huge support of its history of poets who have always laughed out at the threats Iranians had been facing and refuted grave situations, it has a two dimensional approach to everything.
Iran has since ages been ruled by clerics and now when the democracy has cultivated a republican dimension also. It is hard for modern politicians like Mr. Ahmedajinad to rule the difficult republic clerically without satisfying the other dimension. The voters’ anger and repugnance has proved this. Even the senior leaders like Mr. Rafsanjani and Mr. Moussavi understand the equation.
Iran has always looked towards India as an ally and a key partner. The energy equation in the region is balanced by Iran only. Its gas goes to all Asian countries and its key partner- Russia’s gas goes to the Europe. These two countries have strictures in place. America seems to have bowed to the facts that its forces in Afghanistan cannot get supplies without the security of NATO in the Kazak part which Russia provides. The fact has pressurized America to talk with Iran. But, India seems to have placed Iran low in its friends’ ladder and we see a key change in the key partner’s ladder. America has acquired a new position and moved up. Unlike strong countries, India is still having the NAM in place and refuting indulgence in adherence towards a block. NAM does not mean that we don’t involve, it means we are not attached to a block. It has to be understood that India is ignoring its previous love – Russia and is moving towards a new order whereby America is gaining more priority. America’s weakened position in new world order, both economically and politically, and India’s indulgence with America over the N-deal has recoiled India to an unfavorable position in the world’s new political order.
India seems to be following the women’s ladder theory (Ladder Theory is a scientific explanation to men and women relationships whereby men have a single ladder and women have the friends and the other ladder). China, on the other hand, has very clear ladder positions – Russia being on the top and America afterwards. Though China has 80% of the American bonds in hand, it still demands a new universal currency. It has setup riders in order to influence America if it has to bow to the American conditions. These are economic predominantly and some political. It seems that India has no such masterminded strategies though it has many masterminds. They all seem to be working for Sonia Gandhi rather than India.
On Iran’s issue, India could have supported a pipeline deal, though not commenting on the Iran’s nuclear stand like China does. Or it could have played double with riders which it does not have. This displays the weakness of India’s two-ladder system whereby many Asian tigers have only one. The inability since independence to follow a uni-ladder system has done many damages already. India should learn from China, how it single-handedly turned itself into an empire keeping it’s uni-ladder theory intact and now plays with America on its own terms and supports many viewpoints of Russia. I’m not saying that the other block is Russia maybe it is the China itself. But, right now the country having most energy resources is Russia and most economic might is America. China is still midway but India is unable to discover its own position. India should stop acting like women (as in the Ladder Theory) and be focused to decide its parameters for the one ladder since it beholds the future of more than one billion inside and many more outside. Iran’s issue can change many perceptions about India’s decisiveness on the key world issues.
Iran has always looked towards India as an ally and a key partner. The energy equation in the region is balanced by Iran only. Its gas goes to all Asian countries and its key partner- Russia’s gas goes to the Europe. These two countries have strictures in place. America seems to have bowed to the facts that its forces in Afghanistan cannot get supplies without the security of NATO in the Kazak part which Russia provides. The fact has pressurized America to talk with Iran. But, India seems to have placed Iran low in its friends’ ladder and we see a key change in the key partner’s ladder. America has acquired a new position and moved up. Unlike strong countries, India is still having the NAM in place and refuting indulgence in adherence towards a block. NAM does not mean that we don’t involve, it means we are not attached to a block. It has to be understood that India is ignoring its previous love – Russia and is moving towards a new order whereby America is gaining more priority. America’s weakened position in new world order, both economically and politically, and India’s indulgence with America over the N-deal has recoiled India to an unfavorable position in the world’s new political order.
India seems to be following the women’s ladder theory (Ladder Theory is a scientific explanation to men and women relationships whereby men have a single ladder and women have the friends and the other ladder). China, on the other hand, has very clear ladder positions – Russia being on the top and America afterwards. Though China has 80% of the American bonds in hand, it still demands a new universal currency. It has setup riders in order to influence America if it has to bow to the American conditions. These are economic predominantly and some political. It seems that India has no such masterminded strategies though it has many masterminds. They all seem to be working for Sonia Gandhi rather than India.
On Iran’s issue, India could have supported a pipeline deal, though not commenting on the Iran’s nuclear stand like China does. Or it could have played double with riders which it does not have. This displays the weakness of India’s two-ladder system whereby many Asian tigers have only one. The inability since independence to follow a uni-ladder system has done many damages already. India should learn from China, how it single-handedly turned itself into an empire keeping it’s uni-ladder theory intact and now plays with America on its own terms and supports many viewpoints of Russia. I’m not saying that the other block is Russia maybe it is the China itself. But, right now the country having most energy resources is Russia and most economic might is America. China is still midway but India is unable to discover its own position. India should stop acting like women (as in the Ladder Theory) and be focused to decide its parameters for the one ladder since it beholds the future of more than one billion inside and many more outside. Iran’s issue can change many perceptions about India’s decisiveness on the key world issues.
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