I have always wondered how all spy stories, theories, actual
spying, security inputs, intelligence gathering and sharing are over powered by
the multi pronged but masked international political manipulations or threats,
enhanced further by advanced technology.
Besides as most people do not have real access to many micro
details of military intelligence, security inputs and therefore any or all
debates by people who are not in the thick of these activities are bound to be
inadequate to that extent and sometimes could at best be possibilities/possible
dreams/wishes weaved around perceptions that one has based on different
narrations and claims.
But having read many political criticisms and analysis and
works by and about Henry Kissinger’s, Churchill, Disraeli, Thatcher and gleaning
through history of politics or politics of history in today’s contextual
perspective some of the old models are still worth adopting but not all of them
because the narrative of international and intra national relations are defined
by various factors and are inextricably interconnected in many ways due to
evolving necessities of civilization and
exigencies of economy.
So any aggressive war as real estate acquisition activity or
even territorial claim /protection with armed aggression may be only
counterproductive and inflict more loss to all sides.
What works more
effectively is of course as always propaganda, power-both economic and
political; in addition powerful pals in international community and activities
like diplomatic wheedling and so on.
The notions of
perceived threats and presumed enemies as being confined in any particular
geographical location is also not always correct as can be seen in many
undeclared wars and attacks from within in many places.
So, no nation is willing to take any obsessive paranoiac
declared stand against any other nation, more so any neighbor, unless it is
inevitable as in some specific cases.
It is always burden
or risk rather than any benefit by being a friend or an enemy of a whole group
of people steeped in tradition and unwilling to adapt to evolving trends of
civilization. This applies to groups on both extremes of the spectrum the
radical and pusillanimous.
Specifically regarding Tibet, as they belong to the second
category indicated above i.e a very timid race. Even in 2014 many Tibetians
were only self immolating in thousands without either bravely fighting or
garnering ideological support from any nation or even realizing that they need
to look at and rectify their short comings in the present generation.
I think psychologically and practically as a nation its
citizens will have to start living in sync with the present times which will be
the only liberating factor for them as a nation.
India cannot afford to be their patron or protector. Morally
we can sympathize with their plight, but practically we have nothing to gain
irrespective of whatever happens to Tibet because if we take it as our task it
will be more of a burden of feeding a few lakh monks and Sherpas who are not going
to be of any use to anyone. They have refused to get updated in a highly
competitive, cut throat, cunning, corrupt world of political maneuvering.
So, in my view proclaiming an intention is an important
step, but obviously not the ultimate goal or even an effective tool which
everyone including those who are proclaiming it, are aware of and they do not
need to take lesson on international diplomacy from any news room reporter.
What is of greater importance is to make other nations change their perception
of us as a nation with dignity and take note of us rather than either ignore us
or look down at us but interact with us with due diplomatic respect and
relevance in larger scheme of things.
At any time in a nation’s life proclaiming intentions, that
too positive intentions, is better than policy paralysis and pretensions.
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