Shades of relationship of Emerging Powers…

The Orientation Series structured every year for the students of B.A in Media Studies and P.G Diploma in Photojournalism and Visual Communication by Centre of Media Studies, IPS, University of Allahabad was inaugurated, this Saturday by the lecture of Prof. Swaran Singh, Professor and Chairperson Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi. The evening started with welcome words by Dhananjai Chopra, C.C, Centre of Media Studies followed by the lecture.

Lecture of Prof. Singh was rapt around relation of India and China. He started by saying one can choose a friend but not neighbor. The relation of India and China is dynamic and comprehensive. India can love or hate China but can’t ignore it.

International policies of our nation reflect our coalition politics. Both the nations missed Industrial Revolution. It started later some 3 decades ago. The GDP of America is way ahead to the two states. In next 50 years this is assimilated that China would doubled and India would come close to USA’s GDP.

Indians love abstract possessions. Articulating about military measuring he said India is constant, China is mounting and America has the half the number of world’s military expenditure i.e. USA is way ahead in military muscle.

On population frontage USA has 1/4^th of India’s and China has little more than us but in growth rate population China is decreasing, USA is increasing and India is the preeminent. Grounds of tribulations in Economic Engagement between the two states are increasing trade deficit, skewed nature of experts, trade rules and mutual suspicion, border trade never took off, minimal mutual investments.

Furthermore talking on reasons of Boundary problems between I-C he said are border versus frontier, territorial state alien to us, nature of terrain and size, post liberation equations, different political systems, Dalai Lama’s arrival and war. Therefore, future Challenges for the two countries are sustained high economic growth with economic generation, coordination for energy procurement, sea lanes for energy and foreign trade, climate change and environmental threat, dealing with the perennial US factor, internal dynamics.

Last but not least, in concluding words Prof. Singh said China is a rising star and would remain in glare of global attention. India does not have this challenge indeed some powers like the trying to prop India as a challenger to China. As of now C-I ties are moving in right direction. Yet, the pace of progress remains slow and their friendship remains fragile. In the short term, therefore, the US factor remains critical. The evening ended with vote of thanks by the Course Coordination of the centre. The faculty members of the centre Sunil Srivastava, Sachin Mehlotra and Vidhya Sagar Mishra were also present.