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It misses an elephant in the room, India. Current policy from Beijing is driving Japan and India to become long term allies with a goal of containing and defeat
by tlear 12y ago
It misses an elephant in the room, India. Current policy from Beijing is driving Japan and India to become long term allies with a goal of containing and defeating China no matter what US policy is.
- latch 12y agoThe Economist had a good (i think) piece on India's military [1] which makes me think India's more like a mouse than an elephant. At least, militarily speaking, which I acknowledge your comment wasn't explicitly about. Economically speaking, I agree it seems like a significant oversight. [1] http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21574458-india-poised-become-one-four-largest-military-powers-world-end http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21574458-india-poised...