{"id":35255,"date":"2017-11-03T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=35255"},"modified":"2017-11-03T13:23:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T02:23:09","slug":"the-united-states-courts-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-united-states-courts-india\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States courts India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It can\u2019t be mere coincidence that US secretary of state Rex Tillerson\u2019s first major foreign policy speech<\/a> on 18 October was about America\u2019s relations with India. The address, delivered on the eve of his visit to South Asia, was described<\/a> by a think tank official in Washington as America\u2019s \u2018love letter\u2019 to India.<\/p>\n

India has steadily risen in the estimation of the Trump administration, particularly since the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington in June. The term \u2018Indo-Pacific region\u2019 appeared prominently in the joint statement<\/a> issued by President Donald Trump and Modi at the end of the latter\u2019s visit. Since then, it has come into vogue in Washington\u2019s official circles as a substitute\u2014some would say replacement\u2014for \u2018Asia\u2013Pacific region\u2019, the term traditionally used to describe the vast expanse stretching from India to Japan, Australia, and beyond. This change emphasises both the importance of the Indian Ocean in US military strategy and the increasing geo-political prominence of India<\/a> in American policy.<\/p>\n

In his speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/a>, Tillerson stressed that India and America are \u2018two bookends of stability\u2014on either side of the globe\u2019 and that the \u2018emerging Delhi\u2013Washington strategic partnership\u2019 is needed to anchor the rules-based world order for the next hundred years. His emphasis on the terms \u2018strategic partnership\u2019 and \u2018rules-based world order\u2019 acquired greater significance when in the same speech he characterised China (India\u2019s chief competitor if not major antagonist in Asia) as a \u2018destabilizing force\u2019 in the region and accused Beijing of \u2018provocative actions in the South China Sea [that] directly challenge the international law and norms that the United States and India both stand for\u2019.<\/p>\n

Tillerson\u2019s choice of words in describing India\u2019s and China\u2019s respective roles in the Indo-Pacific region clearly sent the signal<\/a> that the US considers India an ally, not only in the traditional strategic sense but also as a partner in the shaping of a future world order based on rules and norms. In contrast, he implied that China is a habitual violator of international norms and America\u2019s principal military and political adversary in the region. Although the Trump administration\u2019s assessment of India\u2019s role and potential as an ally builds on the policies pursued by the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, this formulation clearly states what was only implied in the earlier administrations\u2019 approaches to India.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s music to Indian ears. Furthermore, the Indian foreign policy establishment has found Tillerson\u2019s references to Pakistan, both in the CSIS speech and during his subsequent visit to South Asia, even more exhilarating. While praising India to the skies, the secretary of state told high-ranking Pakistani officials that the US will no longer tolerate Islamabad\u2019s patronage of terrorist groups operating from Pakistani territory and bent on destabilising Afghanistan. In his CSIS speech, Tillerson declared that the US expects \u2018Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups based there that threaten its own people and the broader region\u2019. During his stopover in Kabul<\/a> on the way to Pakistan, the secretary of state said he will pressure Islamabad to take action on the support that the Taliban and other terrorist organisations receive. He also made it clear that future US aid to Pakistan will be \u2018conditions-based \u2026 It will be based upon whether they take action that we feel is necessary to move the process forward for both creating opportunity for reconciliation and peace in Afghanistan but also ensuring a stable future Pakistan\u2019.<\/p>\n

Most, if not all, of Tillerson\u2019s statements about Pakistan concentrated on the twin and interrelated issues of terrorism and Pakistan\u2019s role in the ongoing civil strife in Afghanistan. It\u2019s commonly acknowledged in Washington that in Afghanistan Pakistan clandestinely supports the Taliban while ostensibly behaving like an ally of the US. There\u2019s also considerable apprehension<\/a> within policymaking circles in the US that Islamabad\u2019s formidable nuclear arsenal may fall into the hands of Islamic extremists because of the increasingly radical atmosphere and chaotic conditions in the country.<\/p>\n

The secretary\u2019s interaction with Pakistani leaders was remarkably different in both tone and content from the statements he made in New Delhi. In India, his emphasis was on larger global and regional\u00a0issues and the possibilities of cooperation between India and the US in tackling those issues. Pakistan was hardly mentioned. That was a clear signal\u2014if one was needed\u2014that the US no longer links the two South Asian rivals when formulating policies towards the region.<\/p>\n

American interests in Pakistan derive from Washington\u2019s concerns about terrorism and stability in Afghanistan, where American forces continue to be engaged in that country\u2019s longest war. Relations with India, on the other hand, are treated independently of those local concerns, and are linked with broader issues of global and regional stability.<\/p>\n

It was clear from Tillerson\u2019s remarks that the US sees India as a major regional bulwark against the expansion of Chinese influence and power. The secretary of state more than once emphasised, even if tacitly, that India and the US share the strategic goal of curbing Chinese power and must work together politically and militarily towards that end. While the Indians didn\u2019t openly dispute Tillerson\u2019s thesis on China (and indeed probably agreed with it in their heart of hearts), they didn\u2019t endorse it publicly.<\/p>\n

President Trump\u2019s aptitude for frequently sending contradictory signals\u2014as he did recently regarding Pakistan\u2014make the Indians wary<\/a>\u00a0of taking the secretary of state\u2019s exuberance at face value. More importantly, geographic and economic constraints make it difficult for India to take an overtly anti-China stance, despite occasional crises erupting on its borders with China and an unstated geo-political rivalry between the two Asian giants. One hopes that Washington understands those constraints and will make haste slowly in its courtship of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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