on david miliband
Rakesh Krishnan Simha: After the diplomatic disaster in Delhi, it is apparent the foreign secretary has not listened to that advice. One reason could be that while the Cold War has turned to thaw, Miliband remains frozen in a time warp.
His efforts to isolate Moscow have been thwarted by Russia's resurgence on the geopolitical scene led by the master strategist, Vladimir Putin. And India's slow but sure progress to great power status is leaving less and less room for Britain in the Commonwealth, which seems likely to go the way of the International Cricket Council that was once Britain’s private club, but is now controlled by India.
Perhaps Miliband was trying to get back at the Indians for the drubbing they gave another British foreign secretary. In 1997, when Robin Cook offered to mediate in the Kashmir crisis, the then Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujaral told his guest he was the envoy of a "third-rate power" which shouldn't be "poking its nose in" India's affairs
His efforts to isolate Moscow have been thwarted by Russia's resurgence on the geopolitical scene led by the master strategist, Vladimir Putin. And India's slow but sure progress to great power status is leaving less and less room for Britain in the Commonwealth, which seems likely to go the way of the International Cricket Council that was once Britain’s private club, but is now controlled by India.
Perhaps Miliband was trying to get back at the Indians for the drubbing they gave another British foreign secretary. In 1997, when Robin Cook offered to mediate in the Kashmir crisis, the then Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujaral told his guest he was the envoy of a "third-rate power" which shouldn't be "poking its nose in" India's affairs
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