{"id":319294,"date":"2020-01-25T16:43:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=319294"},"modified":"2020-01-26T06:53:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T06:53:12","slug":"jaipur-literature-festival-chinas-rising-global-influence-brings-india-us-closer-says-ex-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/jaipur-literature-festival-chinas-rising-global-influence-brings-india-us-closer-says-ex-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaipur Literature Festival: China\u2019s rising global influence brings India, US closer, says ex-official"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Jaipur: The Indo-US relations despite a perpetual question mark hovering over its stability and future, are likely to strengthen given few common goals, most prominent being China. This argument was the mainstay of Howdy! America \u2013 a thought provoking panel discussion at the 13th Jaipur Literature Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bringing world renowned experts on the subject \u2013 former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, award winning journalist Jeffery Gettleman, the session was moderated by former Indian Ambassador to the United States Navtej Sarna.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarna observed that while the bilateral ties between the two countries look a shade better right now, it is mired with a speck of doubt that something may go wrong anytime. Responding to this, Saran\u2019s clearly put that the convergence of interests between India and US has become stronger since the end of the Cold War.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis convergence has not led the two nations sitting on the opposite sides of the fence. Instead it will be fortified given the fact that they are democracies,\u201d he said. Saran, however, agreed with Gettleman that India is not as committed to the partnership as US because \u201cour interests are different\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIndia is cautious in treading ahead with US because it knows the latter won\u2019t think twice before putting its interests ahead and giving a raw deal to the former.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pulitzer winner had found Indo-US diplomatic ties fascinating, at the same time agreeing that US thinks it can have its way with India. \u201cIt has this fantasy that it can push India around to achieve its goals, the primary of which currently is emergence of China as a global power. US also accepts that being a booming economy, India is a great business partner but it is yet to learn how to maneuver some very Indian things like red tape etc.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump during PM Modi\u2019s visit to US in September 2019, according to the panelists, was a decisive indicator of the rise of Indian diaspora in US electorate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amidst speculation if President Trump would be re-elected to the White House, Gettleman recalled his reportage when Bobby Jindal contested as the Governor of Louisiana which was also telling of their affiliation for the Right.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIndians have increased their power in US polls. While one will assume that they would be Democrats given their affluence and education, they are far-Right, and they were among Jindal\u2019s biggest supporters,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

About US blowing hot, blowing cold on Pakistan, Saran said that more than the immediate neighbor, India should fuss about China. \u201cPakistan is not an important country for India; it is a vital tool for domestic politics. It is not US but India that is always making a big deal of Pakistan. It should instead, do the same for China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jaipur: The Indo-US relations despite a perpetual question mark hovering over its stability and future, are likely to strengthen given few common goals, most prominent being China. This argument was the mainstay of Howdy! America \u2013 a thought provoking panel discussion at the 13th Jaipur Literature Festival. Bringing world renowned experts on the subject \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":319295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2009,2560,2014],"tags":[2475,8208],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319296,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319294\/revisions\/319296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/319295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}