Is India a US ally aligned with America against Russia and China

[Zebra]

india has largest trade surplus with USA . Many sectors enjoying a boom from trade with USA

Comprehensive Economic Partnership or FTA or something like it.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/21/466756/US-BRICS-China-Russia-India-relations

US trying to isolate India from China and Russia: Analyst

 

[Navnit Kundu]

http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/21/466756/US-BRICS-China-Russia-India-relations

US trying to isolate India from China and Russia: Analyst

Yes it is, and it is trying a lot of other things, but what these white rats must understand that we are not small kids, we don't need their patronizing sermons on how to run our policy, even though they think it is their 'burden' to tell us. France has been acting too smart these days. Even their parrots on various forums are acting up. Seems like an effect of the delayed Rafale deal.

 

[prohumanity]

Its all about business and trade now.....a war between major nations like US, Russia, India ,china ....can only lead to global destruction and economic destruction....only fools don't understand the consequences of wars between major powers equipped with all kind of hight tech plus nuclear weapons. Its just trade..trade and trade now.

 

[curryman]

Guys, please stop this discussion based on a globalresearch article.

India has not abandoned Russia. India's moves are calculated and designed at self protection in an environment of considerable and increasing threat from China.

Unfortunately Russia cannot help India in such circumstances.

It is important for India to take any practical measures to defend territorial integrity of country.

Got it give credit to the Russians. They have managed to sell military hardware to China, India, and Pakistan without rocking the boat. Not even the US could manage this.

 

[DingDong]

http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/21/466756/US-BRICS-China-Russia-India-relations

US trying to isolate India from China and Russia: Analyst

US and Russia have played this game for so long that these two nations can be trusted with the big guns in their hands to a certain extent, in the sense that their actions are predictable.

Off course India can not trust the US (or any other country) in long term but we can certainly cooperate with the US on issues of mutual interest and extract some benefits out of good relation with one of the most economically and technologically developed countries in the world.

India has been playing this game with certain amount of perfection, we have managed to maintain good relation without having to choose (e.g. Israel and Iran). I believe that Russia understand this and won't be bothered too much about India's tilt towards the US-led block.

The Big Gorilla in the block is the Authoritarian China, it is China which wants to insert itself into the exclusive and privileged club of select "global powers". China talks about "Asia for Asians", "Multipolar" etc but those are just empty slogans, what China really wants is to be the +1 in the big boys' club.

China is acting a lot like the Nazi Germany which makes PRC not only dangerous for all it's neighbours including both India and Russia.

Russia and China are certainly not the "best buddies" hence talking about them in a single breath is incorrect.

 

[no smoking]

Russia and China are certainly not the "best buddies" hence talking about them in a single breath is incorrect.

Yes, they are not the "best buddies". But the pressure from Americans is so great that they have to stand together. That is why you see their co-operations that only "best buddies" will do:

Chinese keeps financing Russia's bills while Russian keeps sending their latest weapon to China.

 

[Indx TechStyle]

The US and India: Aligned but not allied

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US last week imparted new energy into the Indo-US relationship with consolidation of relations in areas such as nuclear, defence, clean energy and counter terrorism. However, with no great breakthroughs announced, much was also left unsaid.

First, let's look at what was accomplished. Defence ties were significantly augmented. The elevation by the US of India to a 'major defence partner' means that like US allies, India is now eligible to receive more advanced and sensitive technology, including dual use technology, from the US even though the defence relationship will remain primarily a commercial buyer-seller relationship.

America’s refusal to export dual use technology to India has long been a sore point with Indian policy makers. Of all the areas in which the US and India have cooperated in the last decade, defence has been the most robust with India importing a little over $US10 billion worth of defence equipment, making it the second largest arms importer of US arms after Saudi Arabia. The finalisation of the text of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LIMOA)is also significant step forward as it shows that the Modi administration is overcoming Manmohan Singh’s government reluctance to sign the so-called 'foundational' agreements with the US. However, two more such agreements — the BECA and the CISMOA — are still not finalised.

The commercial part of the Indo-US nuclear deal was finally operationalised with the Westinghouse announcement, and the US reiterated support for India’s entry into the export control regimes, again part of the Indo-US deal.

On counter terrorism, the joint statement called on 'Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai and 2016 Pathankot terrorist attacks to justice'. This is significant in light of the growing uneasiness in the US about Pakistan’s trustworthiness and utility as an ally. The US statement asking Pakistan not to allow its territory to be used for planning attacks against India must have been music to the ears of India’s security establishment and is affirmation of America’s support for India’s stance vis-à-vis Pakistan’s links to terrorism in India.

No meeting between the leaders of India and America can be complete these days without the mandatory reference to the Asia-Pacific, that new hub of global and regional politics. New Delhi and Washington have agreed on a roadmap on the region and have decided to be 'priority partners in the Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean region'. The US has also expressed support for India’s membership of the APEC, though one could argue Obama's support for the TPP is undermining the APEC.

However, while progress has been made on these fronts, there appear to have been some areas where there was no headway, primarily on the economic front. Differences over Intellectual Property Rights seem no closer to a resolution. Neither has there been any forward movement on the Bilateral Investment Treaty and the Totalisation Agreement, both of which have been under negotiation for years now.

Modi’s visit might come as a disappointment to those who thought it would be the final step in India moving towards an alliance with the US. While Modi's speech to the US Congress cited the commonality of goals and values between the two nations, he also cautioned that there would be times when the two countries would have 'differing perspectives'.

He also spoke about 'autonomy in decision making', a clear allusion to India’s strategic autonomy. What was also interesting about the joint statement was the absence of any specific reference to the South China Sea, unlike in the joint statements of September 2014 and January 2015. This is perhaps because India does not want to needle China unnecessarily at a time when China is opposing India’s inclusion into the NSG and when the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling on Philippines’ case against China is due. Moreover, India had signed the joint communiqué at the RIC meeting in April this year, which could be interpreted as being supportive of China’s position on the South China Sea issue.

Finally, while both countries agreed to move ahead with the Paris agreement on climate change, India refused to set out when it would sign the agreement. Presumably the US would have desired such a timeline, given President Obama would like the climate deal to be part of his foreign policy legacy.

Clearly, India will continue to walk the diplomatic tightrope between its relationship with the US and its other partners like China and Russia and its domestic developmental needs and the demands made on it by the US. Modi’s visit built on the legacies of Prime Ministers A B Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh and helped the relationship overcome the 'hesitations of history'. It underscored the alignment between the two countries on most issues. But it also underlined that while India and the US are aligned on many fronts, there is a long distance to go before they become allies.