France has 67.4M people.
India has 1.38B people.
But France has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and India does not.
So why do people claim the world order is "democratic"?
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Throughout history, power has been held by those who make their own weapons, fight and win wars, and who can stare down peers with threat of brute force and who hold economic leverage. Two facts: the world has never been democratic and incumbents never seek to share power.
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India will force its way to the table in the next 15 years. By then, it’ll be a $10T economy with an indigenized military that forces the Chinese (and Americans) into accommodation. Or simply, a new UN of sorts will get formed down the line, where India leads the global south.
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India's entire approach to foreign affairs is one dimensional opportunism. They have never taken a side on big defining ideological questions, which means they aren't international leaders, which means they will not be at the table.
Perhaps the least cerebral comment I’ve come across on this platform. The big defining ideological question - to side with a criminal syndicate operating out of DC or an autocratic regime in Moscow. Given that’s the sole point on which the comment was made, I have nothing to say.
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keep up with the central issue of our time "Pakistan Bad", I'm sure superpower status is right around the corner
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Ideology comes later after you gain power & ideology is also mostly used to weild your power.
USA was almost insulated & solely focused on growth till World War 2.
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“Never taken a side on big defining ideological questions.” 🙄🙄🙄 It’s not a perfect country but my old passport from when India was a poorer place tells me India had the moral courage to disallow travel to apartheid South Africa. Wealthier countries lacked that political will.
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The 'big defining ideologically questions' will then just be have to redefined, won't they?
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India is new switzerland. Diplomatic, friendly and fierce in defending. Days of taking side and being aggressive are soon getting over. New regime of diplomacy, trade and global peace with rest on transparency and accountability.
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Examples of one dimensional opportunism
1) India supports statehood of Palestine and yet buys weapons from Israel
2) Buys fighter jets from France, anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia and Military Transport Aircraft from USA
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The simplest of question is: Why India must choose sides? Why is it difficult for the western world to digest that India has a side of its own which is governed by the ethos of a civilization 1000s of years old, actually older than any other civilization existing on planet today.
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