* “My Government looks forward to an enhanced partnership with India." (Her Majesty the Queen)
Here are some of the interesting evaluation from the authors point of view backing India as the emerging super power.
" Britain also, like the U.S., will be keen to emphasize that despite all the talk of AfPak (which leaves India feeling overlooked and just one part of a regional calculation), India deserves to be treated as worthy of a distinct bilateral relationship (which in turn, of course, ensures greater Indian support in the cause in AfPak - rinse and repeat.)
It also signifies a recognition in Britain, as well as in all the other countries that are seeking special status with India, that India is an emerging superpower whose significance will only grow in the next two decades.
As a growing counterweight to China, in the region and the world. As a gigantic democracy. As a fast-growing economy. And, as important, as a nation that has yet to fulfill its potential as a diplomatic force and is still, to some degree, finding its way in the world of global geopolitics after its decades of mushy non-alignment and intense focus on internal politics and Pakistan.
That India might be approaching a new place in the world is the biggest X factor that is bringing the major powers to India’s doorstep."
Ref: Wall Street Journal (blog)- Paul Beckett
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