Never imagine, that just because the British are eager to turn India against China, they are not working simultaneously, and just as eagerly, to keep India down (and preferably back in “its place” as a British colony).
The King’s Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), known as Chatham House, led its weekly news summary email today with its “expert comment” that India’s desire to use the G20 summit to establish itself as a major player on the world stage, can still be wrecked. Headline: “The G20 Showcases India’s Growing Power. It Could Also Expose the Limits of Its Foreign Policy”.
Author Chietigj Bajpaee protests that India, as China did before, is asserting its right to play a leading role in shaping humanity’s future. He complains: “New Delhi firmly believes that its time has come. Like China, India has abandoned any notion of ‘biding time’ or maintaining a low profile under the Modi government.”
Unfortunately, he must admit, India has had “a year of milestones,” landing on the Moon, surpassing China as the world’s most populous country, and “overtak[ing] the U.K. as the world’s fifth-largest economy,” among them. And now, “India’s G20 presidency can be regarded as a historic moment, announcing its confirmation as a major global power, an event every bit as significant as China’s 2008 Olympics. But…”
