Current developments in Viet Nam, however dramatic and unexpected, should be viewed in the context of the steady shift in the centre of US military power from Europe to the Pacific and South-East Asia. By far the most important international development since the Sino-Soviet split, it is also a measure … Read More
At the height of the cold war in the fifties Mr. Nehru repeatedly expressed the view that the real division in the world was not between the capitalised and a largely democratic West and the Communist East, but between the industrialised and prosperous North and the under-developed and poor South. … Read More
In spite of the pressure of public opinion at home and abroad Washington is still non-committal on Hanoi’s firm offer to “hold talks on relevant questions” if it stops bombing and all acts of war against North Viet Nam. If Mr. Dean Rusk is to be taken at his word … Read More
It is not by conscious design that Indo-US relations have largely been taken out of the context of the cold war and placed on a bilateral footing. But this is by far the most notable point about them. This is generally not recognised with the–result that related issues continue to … Read More
India’s disengagement from South-East Asia is one of the most important developments in the country’s external relations in recent years. But New Delhi still refuses to recognise that it is so. It in fact strenuously denies the suggestion. This refusal to recognise reality is the result of two factors. First, … Read More
The old warmth has gone out of Indo-Soviet relations. By itself this need not be a matter of concern. A certain amount of disenchantment was unavoidable after the honeymoon. Moreover changes of historic importance have taken place in India, Russia and the world and it is only natural that the … Read More
President de Gaulle has shaken the Western world with his virtual veto on Britain’s application for admission to the European Economic Community, his decision to opt out of the gold pool, his forceful advocacy of a return to the gold standard and his condemnation of Israel as an expansionist power. … Read More
Apart from the question of relations with China no facet of Government’s foreign policy has been subjected to such a sharp and sustained attack in recent years as its stand on the West Asian crisis. This has partly been responsible for greater clarity in India’s official position on the crucial … Read More
The Government’s support for an unconditional stoppage of US bombing raids on North Viet Nam continues to attract criticism at home. The criticism is often partisan. It ignores the important point that by rejecting the American view regarding the resulting extension of Chinese influence in south-east Asia and the military … Read More
It has been widely inferred from the outcome of the current struggle for power in China that the ultra-Left hardliners have won a decisive victory. This implies a fairly well defined Left-Right division in the Chinese Communist Party which has seldom been the case. This assumption as well as the … Read More
