Sino-US Relations

In response to : IE Editorial

Published at : IE Letters to the Editor

The warming of Sino-US ties should serve as a wake up call to the
Indian South Bloc. It is a well known fact that post soviet era saw a
pro-US tilt in India's foreign policy with the twin objectives of
fostering defence and economic cooperation and countering China. India
in the effort has been neglecting its ties with the resurgent Russia
and has been deteriorating its ties with countries such as Iran
(abandoning the IPI pipeline) and Iraq. However the reciprocation from
the U.S. has never been whole hearted evident in its policy pursued in
Af-Pak region and now with china. The growing US China should serve as
a wake up call for India. India should now diversify its foreign
policy options with fostering of ties with Russia, Iran and of course
South East Asia.