India has to conduct a third series of nuclear tests

There is nothing to suggest that Barack Obama is fundamentally ill-disposed towards India (like say Nixon), but he can do little for this country, both because he is weak and indecisive (decisively indecisive), and since the US is in irreversible decline. It would be very advisable, therefore, to plot India's political and military rise and to enhance its abilities to influence international decision-making and outcomes in the same manner as the country has become an emerging economic power -- by tapping on its own genius and great internal strengths. On the strategic/ military aide (since this writer is more concerned with it), the minimum beginning to make is that India restores confidence in its deterrent. The threat from China and Pakistan will multiply in the foreseeable future, and it is instructive that if the Chinese won't bend to the US president, New Delhi can expect little reprieve from Beijing. At a time of its choosing (which has to be soon), India has to conduct a third series of nuclear tests on an array of thermonuclear weapons. India's survival rests on strategic independence.

N.V.Subramanian is Editor, www.NewsInsight.net


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