Huang Dekai
From February 24th to 25th, US President Trump conducted the first state visit to India since he came to power.The two countries communicate and exchange opinions on related fields such as economic and trade, defense and Indo -Pacific strategies.
However, in addition to reaching more than $ 3 billion in military procurement, the two parties have not reached other major agreements, and the much -watched trade negotiations have not made substantial progress.At present, the global geopolitical structure is reshaped. When it is in a world emergency state, the geopolitical significance of this visit is more significant, symbolic significance is greater than practical significance.
In recent years, it is an indisputable fact that the United States and India relations have approached.The two countries have made positive progress in the fields of politics, economy, trade, strategy, and national defense.In the political field, the United States and India have established a multi -level and multi -channel communication mechanism.The leaders of the two countries not only realized mutual visits, but also increased the frequency of interaction at the ministerial level. The two sides strengthened political communication in multi -bilateral mechanisms such as cooperation between the United States and Japan, India, and Australia in the United States, Japan, and Australia.
In the field of economy and trade, India is the ninth largest trading partner in the United States. The bilateral economic and trade amount has reached US $ 140 billion, and it is still showing a rapid growth trend.In terms of strategy, the Indo -Pacific strategy of the two countries is converging, actively promotes solidity, and intends to create the Indo -Pacific strategic arc.In the field of defense, the United States has launched a joint military exercise with obvious strategic intentions on the basis of increasing sales of Indian army.There is no doubt that Trump's trip to India has further strengthened the strategic partnership of the United States and India.
In fact, US -India relations have approached in recent years because of the strategic needs of highly coincided between the two countries.The approach to the United States and India is very obvious for China's intention.From the perspective of the United States, in order to continue to safeguard the US global hegemony, the United States regards China as a country that disrupts its global influence.Therefore, the United States acts as an offshore balanced hand and actively finds regional powers to curb China's rise.
Regardless of the geographical location or the development potential of comprehensive national strength, India is the best chess piece for the United States to curb China.This also makes full use of India's determination and urgency to compete with potential powers as a nearby country. Through assisting India, India will make up the gap between India in the field of defense strategies, provoke China -India, and the United States can watch tiger fights and continues to maintain the United States’s United States.hegemony.
From India's perspective, China's rapid rise makes it unwell. China's development and the Belt and Road Initiative are misunderstood as a strategic intention for India.The facts of the economic corridor have caused huge security concerns about China.
At the same time, India is difficult to counter to China by its own strength, and it must actively introduce external strength to achieve its purpose of curbing China.The Indo -Pacific Strategy in the United States just meets India's strategic needs.The United States and India's strategy is complementary and the potential of cooperation is huge.Therefore, although Trump visited India when his first president was about to end, Indian Prime Minister Modi also attached great importance to and had high hopes.
Of course, the United States and India relations have also taken their own considerations.From the perspective of the United States, it is necessary to rely on India in the Central Asian policy and Afghanistan.Central Asia, located in the heart of Eurasia, has always been a place for great powers.In recent years, the Great Power has introduced the Central Asian strategy and has launched a geopolitical game in this area.The United States is trying to influence the Central Asian structure through the Central Asian strategy to restrict China and Russia.However, the United States must find a country as a strategic support in this area or adjacent area, and India's geographical location, national strength and Central Asian policy are the best choices in the United States.Also on the Afghanistan issue, the United States hopes that India will take more responsibilities and serve as the US vanguard in South Asia.
From India, the closer of the United States and India has made India taste the sweetness.With its strategic partnership with the United States, India has made positive progress in the east and westward strategies: first, India has established strategic relations with Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia and other main powers in the Indo -Pacific region;In addition to Israel, India has established close cooperative relationships with other countries.At the same time, India needs the support of the United States to join the UN Security Council's permanent council.In addition, through the US -Indian military sales, India helps India enhance military strength in a short period of time, shorten the military gap with China, and maintains the balance of military power in China and India.
Although the strategies of the United States and India are highly reconnected, both countries have their own geopolitical considerations, and there are differences in some issues.In the political field, the United States clearly dissatisfied with India's tough measures in the Kashmir region and is seeking sanctions to launch controversial citizenship and law.In the economic field, the United States has eliminated India to the most beneficial benefits and the ranks of developing countries. It aims to increase the price of the United States in the bilateral economic and trade field and trigger strong protests in India.
In the field of strategy, Trump's preferred U.S. priority and Modi's India's priority strategy contradicts each other.Both leaders of the two countries will give priority to protecting their own interests without sacrificing national interests to achieve strategic consensus.
In the field of diplomacy, the new round of sanctions on Iran's implementation of Iran led to India's bamboo baskets in the past two years.These problems make it difficult for the United States and India to form a consistent action at the practical level.At present, how the two countries integrate their own interests and priority matters together, becoming the key to whether the two countries can push strategic consensus to practice.
The author is the teacher of the Sichuan Police College of China
