A dangerous cocktail

If a Fox News's report on the clandestine test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile by Pakistan from an undisclosed region, is to be believed, then India shouldn't sit complacent and listen to the lullaby composed by Pakistan. There is something more here, a potentially imminent danger braced up in this part of the world. Pakistan's deliberate distancing from the US and close ties with China for defence partnership is certainly an alarming sign that India shouldn't ignore. Moreover, the tilting of Pakistan towards China is more malignant than that towards the US because for all strategic reasons, the US will support India's interests in international forums. As China is evolving as the most powerful economy in Asia, there are significant threat perceptions for India in the light of geo-strategic locations. China's furthering beyond LAC in all these years is not a good sign either. Moreover, India's moral support to Tibet is considered as an anti-China stance by many Chinese officials. The major fear that China carries stems from the growing Indo-US relations, as both are politically democratic nations and also believe in the similar economic reforms. That said, China perceives a fundamentally potential threat if the neighbor Pakistan hobnobs with either India or the US. And from there evolves the China's strategic game plan, in which Pakistan becomes a natural ally. Though there is no immediate vulnerability from these developments, but India shouldn't bury her head in sand now because the future will anyway be defined from the India's relationship with the US and Pakistan.