Unquestionably the US still has strong influence in India in the MSM and academy. Unfortunately, fools like C. Raja Mohan have long been the 'Quislings' who have allowed India to be pillaged by outsiders. There is considerable hysteria in India versus China because of the border conflicts in Aksai Chin, Ladakh etc., and due to China's support of Pakistan which provides a hub to their BRI Eurasian project. There is little suspicion of Russia and deep-rooted trust and respect; Indians have not forgotten that the Soviet navy in 1971 drove the US and UK navies out of the Bay of Bengal. But they DO appear to have forgotten that it was Britain - NOT China - which looted and subjugated India for 200 years.
Despite new studies showing some $45 trillion was stolen from India, turning it from one of the richer countries on earth to a desperately poor 'third world' one, and another Western study showing tens of millions of Indians were killed by the British - there is little anti-British hysteria but plenty of anti-China hysteria which extends to blaming China for the covid pandemic.
It would be truly disastrous for India to abandon ties with Russia which have actually strengthened after the invasion forced on Russia by NATO expansion, evidenced by massive increase in oil purchases in open defiance of US-UK orders. Disastrous for India as well, not just Russia. China knows it cannot abandon Russia because the next target of the Global SuperTerrorist will be China.
But it does not want to be provoked into an invasion of Taiwan, and frankly the parallels don't exist to the same extent. It is true the US is moving to place nukes in Japan and Australia and pressure AUKUS and the 'Quad' to strangulate pressure on China. This is what has forced China to make conciliatory overtures to the US. But in the end, the uneasy 'alliance' of the key members of BRICS - Russia, China and India - plus the massive economic benefits that both Russia and China plus dozens of countries will earn from BRI - will prevent US-sponsored liars like Mohan from causing Indian foreign policy to change.
And despite Andrew Korybko's repeated harping on his claims that China is seeking 'bipolarity' - there is no evidence in China's long history that China seeks 'hegemony' of the US, British or European sort. China is simply resuming its natural position in world economic affairs, where until the 18th century it was the world's biggest economy for 18 consecutive centuries without the kinds of war-crimes, invasions, genocides, slavery, ethnic cleansing or colonizations the West committed.
Korybko is unwittingly betraying the same anti-China bias that C. Raja Mohan is deliberately fueling.
It's obvious and historical that Russia\China are not natural allies... Sane western foreign policy has always aimed at exploit their reciprocal fears, but the late hegemonic hubris had the effect of pushing them together, out of survival instinct... I hope China and Russia wil develop on it, and realize the opportunities of alliance are stronger than the risks, but it will require work and faith... India should play a balancing act as long as it is possible
Bollywood's recent, successful James-Bond-style release, "Pathaan, " has only one reference to the United States. In a move clearly designed to promote Hindu/Muslim amity, the title character gets his nickname Pathaan when he saves an Afgan schoolroom full of children from an incoming American missile targeting the teacher.
In other words, the Americans are shown in passing to be killers of children.
Unquestionably the US still has strong influence in India in the MSM and academy. Unfortunately, fools like C. Raja Mohan have long been the 'Quislings' who have allowed India to be pillaged by outsiders. There is considerable hysteria in India versus China because of the border conflicts in Aksai Chin, Ladakh etc., and due to China's support of Pakistan which provides a hub to their BRI Eurasian project. There is little suspicion of Russia and deep-rooted trust and respect; Indians have not forgotten that the Soviet navy in 1971 drove the US and UK navies out of the Bay of Bengal. But they DO appear to have forgotten that it was Britain - NOT China - which looted and subjugated India for 200 years.
Despite new studies showing some $45 trillion was stolen from India, turning it from one of the richer countries on earth to a desperately poor 'third world' one, and another Western study showing tens of millions of Indians were killed by the British - there is little anti-British hysteria but plenty of anti-China hysteria which extends to blaming China for the covid pandemic.
It would be truly disastrous for India to abandon ties with Russia which have actually strengthened after the invasion forced on Russia by NATO expansion, evidenced by massive increase in oil purchases in open defiance of US-UK orders. Disastrous for India as well, not just Russia. China knows it cannot abandon Russia because the next target of the Global SuperTerrorist will be China.
But it does not want to be provoked into an invasion of Taiwan, and frankly the parallels don't exist to the same extent. It is true the US is moving to place nukes in Japan and Australia and pressure AUKUS and the 'Quad' to strangulate pressure on China. This is what has forced China to make conciliatory overtures to the US. But in the end, the uneasy 'alliance' of the key members of BRICS - Russia, China and India - plus the massive economic benefits that both Russia and China plus dozens of countries will earn from BRI - will prevent US-sponsored liars like Mohan from causing Indian foreign policy to change.
And despite Andrew Korybko's repeated harping on his claims that China is seeking 'bipolarity' - there is no evidence in China's long history that China seeks 'hegemony' of the US, British or European sort. China is simply resuming its natural position in world economic affairs, where until the 18th century it was the world's biggest economy for 18 consecutive centuries without the kinds of war-crimes, invasions, genocides, slavery, ethnic cleansing or colonizations the West committed.
Korybko is unwittingly betraying the same anti-China bias that C. Raja Mohan is deliberately fueling.
this, i argree 100%
It's obvious and historical that Russia\China are not natural allies... Sane western foreign policy has always aimed at exploit their reciprocal fears, but the late hegemonic hubris had the effect of pushing them together, out of survival instinct... I hope China and Russia wil develop on it, and realize the opportunities of alliance are stronger than the risks, but it will require work and faith... India should play a balancing act as long as it is possible
A bit off-topic but...
Bollywood's recent, successful James-Bond-style release, "Pathaan, " has only one reference to the United States. In a move clearly designed to promote Hindu/Muslim amity, the title character gets his nickname Pathaan when he saves an Afgan schoolroom full of children from an incoming American missile targeting the teacher.
In other words, the Americans are shown in passing to be killers of children.