The India Option by Charles Tannock
Project Syndicate
The “strategic partnership” that both America and the European Union have at times sought with China looks both more plausible and more desirable with democratic India.
With a Muslim President, a Sikh Prime Minister, a Hindu Foreign Minister, and a foreign-born Christian President of its ruling Congress party, India is as remarkable a success story as the twenty-year boom that China’s Communist Party has delivered.
Perhaps for the first time since inventing the zero, India has a hot product to sell – and, this time, it can keep the profits for itself. Moreover, a global bidding war has broken out for Indian brains.
Indian businesses naturally chose Britain over other locations in Europe for reasons of language and cultural ties [DR Note: Same with America - the Anglosphere connection]
When “new economy” issues such as e-commerce come up at the WTO, India, the EU and the United States often find themselves on the same side.
The world is beginning to notice that India has nearly the same number of people as China, plus a more benign system of government and no designs on its neighbors.
The “strategic partnership” that both America and the European Union have at times sought with China looks both more plausible and more desirable with democratic India.
With a Muslim President, a Sikh Prime Minister, a Hindu Foreign Minister, and a foreign-born Christian President of its ruling Congress party, India is as remarkable a success story as the twenty-year boom that China’s Communist Party has delivered.
Perhaps for the first time since inventing the zero, India has a hot product to sell – and, this time, it can keep the profits for itself. Moreover, a global bidding war has broken out for Indian brains.
Indian businesses naturally chose Britain over other locations in Europe for reasons of language and cultural ties [DR Note: Same with America - the Anglosphere connection]
When “new economy” issues such as e-commerce come up at the WTO, India, the EU and the United States often find themselves on the same side.
The world is beginning to notice that India has nearly the same number of people as China, plus a more benign system of government and no designs on its neighbors.
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