US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is categorically correct in assessing and evaluating the realities and conditions for conducting foreign policy and diplomacy. The preservation of the sovereignty and integrity of a nation by employing all the means can be seen as a statement in the context of China making inroads in pockets surrounding the South China Sea.
Though the Chinese can always discuss their trade-related concerns of the expansion of their territory, they aren’t going to listen to anyone with a domesticated nationalism, assigning their conviction to be more than a victor or hegemon. Strategically, the US may want to take India into consideration, given the latter’s dislike for its competitive and dominant neighbour making overtures to Pakistan.
Secondly, India is tasking itself with infrastructural aids and assignments in the Taliban-dominated Afghanistan, where the situation has become worrying, given the muted approval of Islamic chauvinism and conservatism.
Thirdly, Biden’s doubts about India’s right-wing ruling establishment may sow seeds of distrust for mutual assistance and cooperation if for any sending shivers down our spine as for us toning down the rhetoric and jointly navigating upon the probabilities and possibilities checking delays in consenting to multilateral agreements and deals.
After all, acknowledgement and articulation of national objectives and interests are actually restoring our dignity, making us self-reliant, not otherwise. These lessons are of utmost utility for our decorated policy scholars and scientists.