The same theme is playing out today, in the tensions between the United States (US) and China, and China and India. In his provocative 2017 book, Destined For War: Can America & China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?,Harvard University professor Graham Allison was not optimistic. The US accommodation of China began with the Richard Nixon administration in the early 1970s, at the height of its rivalry with the USSR, when China was an impoverished developing nation. This time, China has badly overplayed its hand, and been shocked by India’s determined resistance. Baijayant “Jay” Panda is the national vice-president, BJPThe views expressed are personal

Source: Hindustan Times June 22, 2020 13:48 UTC