Can India Become a Global Powerhouse?
MK Bhadrakumar, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
We had the pleasure of speaking with Ambassador Bhadrakumar about India’s status as a great power. As the world has become multipolar, India will undoubtedly be an important centre of power. Yet, Ambassador Bhadrakumar is sceptical about India’s ability to assert itself on the international state in terms of both capabilities and intentions. While India has been a source for peace as a non-aligned power that mitigated bloc politics, its neutral position often results in the inability to take a clear position on critical issues.
India still lives under a caste system which will make it tough to become a global power. The fact they talk from both sides of their mouth doesn’t help. They have no real allies as they attempt to advance a country. They also have no military which would make it even harder to achieve those lofty goals. The US is waking up to their bullshit too which is going to have all these call centers and factories coming back home. Hope they enjoyed their golden age because it’s about to get a little harder as the US shifts to itself.
"While India has been a source for peace as a non-aligned power that mitigated bloc politics, its neutral position often results in the inability to take a clear position on critical issues."
India has NOT been a source of peace in its seventy-plus years of existence. It has testy relations with all its neighbors and is widely regarded as a bully in South Asia, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. The narrative of a peaceful spiritual nation is a product of Western imagination and has no connection to reality. India sees itself as an imperial power, much like the British. That the world at large didn't perceive India as a hegemon is because of the lack of hard power by India.
India is the reason the US went to war in Vietnam:
https://ppr06262023.substack.com/p/the-causes-of-the-vietnam-war