Indian Interests

[Capt M Kumar]

First, as a state that has long upheld, against almost insuperable odds, the principles of liberal democracy at home, can it really afford to entirely jettison them abroad? India's stature in global affairs is on the rise and the country legitimately hopes to secure a place for itself at the high table of international politics. Surely it cannot position itself as a moral exemplar if it chooses to so closely align itself with a brutally repressive regime on its borders?



Second, even if one were to set aside these moral and ethical considerations, is there any guarantee that India's courtship of this deeply unpopular and profoundly cruel regime will genuinely yield all that it seeks in commercial, security and diplomatic realms? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...lenews_wsj