{"id":1501335,"date":"2024-11-09T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1501335"},"modified":"2024-11-09T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T07:45:00","slug":"trump-can-repair-the-damage-that-biden-dealt-to-indo-us-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/trump-can-repair-the-damage-that-biden-dealt-to-indo-us-ties\/1501335\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Can Repair The Damage That Biden Dealt To Indo-US Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump Can Repair The Damage That Biden Dealt To Indo-US Ties<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s return to the White House<\/a>\u00a0is seen by India as an opportunity to repair the damage that Biden dealt to bilateral ties.<\/strong> Summer 2023\u2019s alleged attempted assassination scandal, which readers can learn more about\u00a0here<\/a>, toxified their relations and was followed by\u00a0American meddling<\/a>\u00a0in the latest Indian general elections.\u00a0Bangladesh\u2019s US-backed regime change<\/a>\u00a0several months ago was\u00a0regarded by many Indians<\/a>\u00a0as a betrayal of their regional security interests. The US has also pressured India to dump Russia. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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All of that might soon be water under the bridge if Trump brings Indian Americans and Indian-friendly officials with him back to Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This would be especially so if\u00a0Kashyap Patel<\/a>\u00a0is confirmed as the next CIA chief like some have speculated that Trump is planning to propose.<\/p>\n

If the stars align, then the first order of business that India would want to have happen is for the US to crack down on Delhi-designated terrorists-separatists to the maximum extent that American law allows.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The state protection that Khalistani leaders like Gurpatwant Singh Pannun enjoy while they openly imply threats to\u00a0bomb Indian airliners<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0assassinate its diplomats<\/a>\u00a0among other crimes has convinced many Indians that these figures and their movement are being wielded as\u00a0Hybrid<\/a>\u00a0War<\/a>\u00a0weapons against India. Trump campaigned on a law-and-order platform whose principles are incompatible with these provocations so there are hopes that he\u2019ll put a stop to them as the first step to repairing ties.<\/p>\n

Next on India\u2019s wish list is for the US to stop meddling in its domestic affairs. <\/strong>Criticism of its socio-political situation is seen as unfriendly, while the\u00a0efforts of various NGOs<\/a>\u00a0to cultivate anti-state sentiment \u2013\u00a0especially in the Christian-populated Northeastern States<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 is considered absolutely unacceptable. Relations can never truly return to normal until these activities are ended. For that to happen, however, Trump must successfully rein in liberal-globalist elements of his \u201cdeep state\u201d, which will be a challenge.<\/p>\n

Moving along, India also wants the US to pressure the new Bangladeshi government into respecting the rights of the country\u2019s Hindu minority, who\u2019ve been victimized by pogroms and other forms of violence since summer\u2019s regime change. Truly free and fair elections should also be held as soon as possible. Speculative plans for a US military facility there are also troubling due to how much this could disrupt the balance of power in the region. The US should therefore keep India\u2019s legitimate concerns in mind.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the regional front, India would appreciate the US once again treating it as its top partner instead of continuing to balance between it and Pakistan.<\/strong> The Biden Administration departed from the first Trump Administration\u2019s Indo-centric regional policy partially due to its liberal-globalist ideological agenda that set it at odds with Modi\u2019s conservative-nationalist government. His team also flirted with\u00a0improving ties with China<\/a>, and distancing the US from India to a degree was seen as a means to that end.<\/p>\n

American pressure on India to dump Russia should also stop if Trump wants to improve bilateral ties. <\/strong>He recently pledged to \u201cun-unite<\/a>\u201d Russia and China, who he claims had been forced together by Biden, so India could argue that letting Indo-Russo trade blossom helps achieve this goal by\u00a0preemptively averting<\/a>\u00a0Russia\u2019s potentially disproportionate dependence on China. Trump\u2019s team is expected to follow a Kissingerian Great Power balancing strategy so this\u00a0appeal to its global role<\/a>\u00a0might resonate with them. \u00a0<\/p>\n

And finally, although India entered into a rapprochement with China just several weeks ago that the US was inadvertently responsible for as explained\u00a0here<\/a>, it wouldn\u2019t mind if Trump took a tougher stance on China than Biden and privileged India as a counterbalance to the People\u2019s Republic. In pursuit of that, the US could continue exporting high-tech military equipment to India and ideally make progress on negotiating a free trade deal. The latter is easier said than done but should still figure on the agenda.<\/p>\n

Altogether, the future looks bright for Indo-US ties so long as Indian Americans, Indian-friendly officials, and geopolitical pragmatists follow Trump into the White House, all of which is expected judging by the latest reports.<\/strong> In that case, the challenge will then be reining in liberal-globalist elements of the \u201cdeep state\u201d in order to prevent them from subverting the Indo-US rapprochement, which would be greatly facilitated if the\u00a0Guajarati-descended Trump loyalist<\/a>\u00a0Patel becomes the next CIA chief.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 11\/08\/2024 – 21:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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