Since the treaty with the Soviet Union is an accomplished fact, it is pointless to debate whether India should have gone in for it or not. Instead, the discussion should more fruitfully centre on how best New Delhi can turn the pact to its advantage. One point is fairly obvious. … Read More
Just as China has talked a great deal about Russo-American collusion against it, the Soviet Union has been accusing China of “objectively” co-operating with the United States in its efforts to split the communist world and defeat liberation movements. But this is the first time that Moscow faces the genuine … Read More
New Delhi needs to bear three major points in mind in assessing the significance of Mr. Kissinger’s secret visit to Peking and President Nixon’s prompt acceptance of Mr. Chou En-lai’s invitation to visit China and in shaping its own response. First, though a Sino-US detente is still some way off, … Read More
It is unfortunate that Mr. Henry Kissinger should be visiting New Delhi before he has had an opportunity personally to assess the mood in Pakistan because only then he would have been in a position to engage in meaningful discussions with Indian leaders and officials. In fairness to this country … Read More
Indian policy-makers have been most inept in failing to take the initiative to open a dialogue with China during the current crisis resulting from the Pakistan army’s carnage in East Bengal and the resulting influx of over three million refugees into this country. This may well come to be regarded … Read More
Peking’s ping-pong diplomacy and the slight thaw in Sino-American relations cannot alter the fact that Washington and Moscow remain the principal centres of power and that the future course of developments in the world will continue to depend a great deal on their policies and actions. China has finally come … Read More
It is difficult to vouch for the accuracy of the report emanating from Peking that the Chinese are alarmed at the nationalist upsurge in East Bengal. The only available piece of evidence which can be said to provide some kind of confirmation for this report is a recent article in … Read More
The United States has long been reconciled to a steady increase in Soviet influence in India and Pakistan. Ever since the Indo-Pakistan war in 1965 it has recognised that Moscow is trying to create an area of stability on its southern borders and to counter Chinese expansionism and has therefore … Read More
It is hard to believe that the situation in Kashmir favours the rise and growth of a strong guerilla movement. But there can be no doubt any longer that some extremist young men in the State have begun to think of organising such a movement. This represents a major change … Read More
The country’s gaze is turned so firmly inward just now that not one political party has thought it necessary to pay more than passing attention to foreign policy issues in its election manifesto. It is easy to understand the preoccupation of the parties with domestic problems at a time when … Read More
