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.
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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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Lol what a clown you are.
You don't understand geo-politics. Read history of USA, UK & many other Empires to understand how this works.
What ideology China tried to push at international level till 2000?
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> What ideology China tried to push at international level till 2000?
really?
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